Triple
T9194402
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Buddenbrook family |
E220666
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableMember |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Johann Buddenbrook (senior)
Johann Buddenbrook (senior) is a fictional 18th-century merchant patriarch in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," representing the founding generation of the Buddenbrook family’s commercial dynasty.
|
E783285
|
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: Johann Buddenbrook (senior) | Statement: [Buddenbrook family, hasNotableMember, Johann Buddenbrook (senior)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johann Buddenbrook (senior) Context triple: [Buddenbrook family, hasNotableMember, Johann Buddenbrook (senior)]
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A.
Christian Buddenbrook
Christian Buddenbrook is a key member of the merchant family in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," known for his eccentric, hypochondriacal nature and inability to conform to bourgeois expectations.
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B.
Tony Buddenbrook
Tony Buddenbrook is a central character in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," embodying the decline of a wealthy Lübeck merchant family through her ill-fated marriages and conflicted sense of duty and personal desire.
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C.
Thomas Buddenbrook
Thomas Buddenbrook is the ambitious yet increasingly disillusioned head of a wealthy merchant family in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," whose life reflects the decline of his bourgeois dynasty.
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D.
Herr Schultz
Herr Schultz is a kindly, aging Jewish fruit-shop owner whose doomed romance with Fraulein Schneider provides a poignant emotional core to the musical *Cabaret*.
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E.
Hans Hubermann
Hans Hubermann is a kind, accordion-playing German foster father in "The Book Thief" whose quiet courage and compassion shape the life of the story’s young protagonist during Nazi-era Germany.
- 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: Johann Buddenbrook (senior) Triple: [Buddenbrook family, hasNotableMember, Johann Buddenbrook (senior)]
Generated description
Johann Buddenbrook (senior) is a fictional 18th-century merchant patriarch in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," representing the founding generation of the Buddenbrook family’s commercial dynasty.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johann Buddenbrook (senior) Target entity description: Johann Buddenbrook (senior) is a fictional 18th-century merchant patriarch in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," representing the founding generation of the Buddenbrook family’s commercial dynasty.
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A.
Christian Buddenbrook
Christian Buddenbrook is a key member of the merchant family in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," known for his eccentric, hypochondriacal nature and inability to conform to bourgeois expectations.
-
B.
Tony Buddenbrook
Tony Buddenbrook is a central character in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," embodying the decline of a wealthy Lübeck merchant family through her ill-fated marriages and conflicted sense of duty and personal desire.
-
C.
Thomas Buddenbrook
Thomas Buddenbrook is the ambitious yet increasingly disillusioned head of a wealthy merchant family in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," whose life reflects the decline of his bourgeois dynasty.
-
D.
Herr Schultz
Herr Schultz is a kindly, aging Jewish fruit-shop owner whose doomed romance with Fraulein Schneider provides a poignant emotional core to the musical *Cabaret*.
-
E.
Hans Hubermann
Hans Hubermann is a kind, accordion-playing German foster father in "The Book Thief" whose quiet courage and compassion shape the life of the story’s young protagonist during Nazi-era Germany.
- 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_69ca83e7ba70819088b74866d9da2c30 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ccd5c3614c81909e26417e00fdfa11 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:22 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d05c313004819090fe0e5d4e7bc15e |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d05d138c288190a0eab9be6bd649c0 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d05df1a0888190a2bdc48a159b865e |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:40 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:25 p.m.