Triple

T8370978
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ewald E197452 entity
Predicate notableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Paul Peter Ewald
Paul Peter Ewald was a German physicist and crystallographer renowned for his foundational contributions to X-ray diffraction theory and crystal optics.
E820802 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: Paul Peter Ewald | Statement: [Ewald, notableBearer, Paul Peter Ewald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Peter Ewald
Context triple: [Ewald, notableBearer, Paul Peter Ewald]
  • A. Gustav Wilhelm Wolff
    Gustav Wilhelm Wolff was a German-born British shipbuilder and politician best known as the co-founder of the Belfast shipbuilding firm Harland and Wolff, which built many famous ocean liners including the RMS Titanic.
  • B. Theodor Estermann
    Theodor Estermann was a German-British mathematician known for his contributions to analytic number theory and his work on the distribution of prime numbers.
  • C. Ernst David Bergmann
    Ernst David Bergmann was an Israeli chemist and scientific leader who played a key role in establishing Israel’s scientific infrastructure and nuclear research program.
  • D. Maximilian Emil Hehl
    Maximilian Emil Hehl was a German-born architect known for his influential work in Brazil, most notably helping shape the neo-Gothic architectural landscape of São Paulo.
  • E. Wilhelm Zaisser
    Wilhelm Zaisser was a German communist politician and intelligence officer who became the first head of East Germany’s Ministry for State Security (Stasi) in the early 1950s.
  • 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: Paul Peter Ewald
Triple: [Ewald, notableBearer, Paul Peter Ewald]
Generated description
Paul Peter Ewald was a German physicist and crystallographer renowned for his foundational contributions to X-ray diffraction theory and crystal optics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Peter Ewald
Target entity description: Paul Peter Ewald was a German physicist and crystallographer renowned for his foundational contributions to X-ray diffraction theory and crystal optics.
  • A. Gustav Wilhelm Wolff
    Gustav Wilhelm Wolff was a German-born British shipbuilder and politician best known as the co-founder of the Belfast shipbuilding firm Harland and Wolff, which built many famous ocean liners including the RMS Titanic.
  • B. Theodor Estermann
    Theodor Estermann was a German-British mathematician known for his contributions to analytic number theory and his work on the distribution of prime numbers.
  • C. Ernst David Bergmann
    Ernst David Bergmann was an Israeli chemist and scientific leader who played a key role in establishing Israel’s scientific infrastructure and nuclear research program.
  • D. Maximilian Emil Hehl
    Maximilian Emil Hehl was a German-born architect known for his influential work in Brazil, most notably helping shape the neo-Gothic architectural landscape of São Paulo.
  • E. Wilhelm Zaisser
    Wilhelm Zaisser was a German communist politician and intelligence officer who became the first head of East Germany’s Ministry for State Security (Stasi) in the early 1950s.
  • 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_69ca82f56730819080cec5d991c76f4c completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb80a509dc81909e0ea4c66b21d84f completed March 31, 2026, 8:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1c3ed827c8190899cb2ae9561765e completed April 5, 2026, 2:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1c49053d08190b2bb5dc917785b6e completed April 5, 2026, 2:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1c55139b88190bdebdb989ecc6a9d completed April 5, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:01 p.m.