Triple

T6391361
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lincoln Steffens E143834 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Steffens
Steffens is a surname most notably associated with Lincoln Steffens, an influential American muckraking journalist of the early 20th century.
 E591246 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Steffens | Statement: [Lincoln Steffens, familyName, Steffens]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steffens
Context triple: [Lincoln Steffens, familyName, Steffens]
  • A. Hufstedler
    Hufstedler is the surname of Shirley Hufstedler, a prominent American judge and the first U.S. Secretary of Education.
  • B. Stüler
    Stüler is the surname of Friedrich August Stüler, a prominent 19th-century Prussian architect known for his neoclassical and neo-Renaissance designs.
  • C. Steffl
    Steffl is the popular nickname for the iconic south tower of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, a prominent symbol of the city's skyline.
  • D. Wesselmann
    Wesselmann is a surname most notably associated with Tom Wesselmann, a prominent American Pop Art painter known for his bold, stylized depictions of the nude and everyday consumer objects.
  • E. Stahlecker
    Stahlecker is a German-language surname most notably associated with Franz Walter Stahlecker, a high-ranking SS officer and Nazi official during World War II.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Steffens
Triple: [Lincoln Steffens, familyName, Steffens]
Generated description
Steffens is a surname most notably associated with Lincoln Steffens, an influential American muckraking journalist of the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steffens
Target entity description: Steffens is a surname most notably associated with Lincoln Steffens, an influential American muckraking journalist of the early 20th century.
  • A. Hufstedler
    Hufstedler is the surname of Shirley Hufstedler, a prominent American judge and the first U.S. Secretary of Education.
  • B. Stüler
    Stüler is the surname of Friedrich August Stüler, a prominent 19th-century Prussian architect known for his neoclassical and neo-Renaissance designs.
  • C. Steffl
    Steffl is the popular nickname for the iconic south tower of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, a prominent symbol of the city's skyline.
  • D. Wesselmann
    Wesselmann is a surname most notably associated with Tom Wesselmann, a prominent American Pop Art painter known for his bold, stylized depictions of the nude and everyday consumer objects.
  • E. Stahlecker
    Stahlecker is a German-language surname most notably associated with Franz Walter Stahlecker, a high-ranking SS officer and Nazi official during World War II.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69c008db906c819096f3597d55d95432 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0687c7fdc819099cbbb937dec215e completed March 22, 2026, 10:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6388b02888190989623c658469a5a completed March 27, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c63c71ac188190ad7912d2e6a68af8 completed March 27, 2026, 8:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c63cdf225c8190b26a23496d0acc1a completed March 27, 2026, 8:16 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:34 p.m.