Triple

T8040604
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cologne Central Station E187425 entity
Predicate connectsTo P845 FINISHED
Object Basel
Basel is a major Swiss city on the Rhine River known for its cultural institutions, historic old town, and role as an important European transport and trade hub.
 E22322 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: Basel | Statement: [Cologne Central Station, connectsTo, Basel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Basel
Context triple: [Cologne Central Station, connectsTo, Basel]
  • A. Basel-Stadt
    Basel-Stadt is a small, urban Swiss canton centered on the city of Basel, a major cultural and economic hub in northwestern Switzerland.
  • B. Zurich
    Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland, known as a global financial hub and cultural center situated on the shores of Lake Zurich.
  • C. Berne
    Berne is the de facto capital city of Switzerland and the seat of its federal government institutions.
  • D. Stettlen
    Stettlen is a municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, situated just east of the city of Bern and functioning largely as a residential and commuter community.
  • E. St. Gallen
    St. Gallen is a historic city in northeastern Switzerland renowned for its UNESCO-listed Abbey of Saint Gall and rich textile heritage.
  • 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: Basel
Triple: [Cologne Central Station, connectsTo, Basel]
Generated description
Basel is a major Swiss city on the Rhine River known for its cultural institutions, historic old town, and role as an important European transport and trade hub.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Basel
Target entity description: Basel is a major Swiss city on the Rhine River known for its cultural institutions, historic old town, and role as an important European transport and trade hub.
  • A. Basel-Stadt chosen
    Basel-Stadt is a small, urban Swiss canton centered on the city of Basel, a major cultural and economic hub in northwestern Switzerland.
  • B. Zurich
    Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland, known as a global financial hub and cultural center situated on the shores of Lake Zurich.
  • C. Berne
    Berne is the de facto capital city of Switzerland and the seat of its federal government institutions.
  • D. Stettlen
    Stettlen is a municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, situated just east of the city of Bern and functioning largely as a residential and commuter community.
  • E. St. Gallen
    St. Gallen is a historic city in northeastern Switzerland renowned for its UNESCO-listed Abbey of Saint Gall and rich textile heritage.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca82b00cb48190b59a300f70e97bd7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3f1d62c48190bf4a6cd17517c5dc completed March 31, 2026, 3:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd670e289c8190a376782df11604aa completed April 1, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cd6c1f75748190b119acd0d92f2ef9 completed April 1, 2026, 7:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd7da4f3a0819080eed3d03c293789 completed April 1, 2026, 8:18 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:23 p.m.