Triple
T9194404
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Buddenbrook family |
E220666
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableMember |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas Buddenbrook |
E220667
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Thomas Buddenbrook | Statement: [Buddenbrook family, hasNotableMember, Thomas Buddenbrook]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Buddenbrook Context triple: [Buddenbrook family, hasNotableMember, Thomas Buddenbrook]
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A.
Thomas Buddenbrook
chosen
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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B.
Jean Buddenbrook
Jean Buddenbrook is a fictional member of the wealthy merchant family at the center of Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," representing the traditions and values of the 19th-century Lübeck bourgeoisie.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d065d8f358819085dec73f25fd5746 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 1:14 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:25 p.m.