Triple
T9558556
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Maillart’s Bridges |
E230608
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainSubject |
P3
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Maillart
Robert Maillart was a pioneering Swiss civil engineer renowned for his innovative reinforced concrete bridge designs that transformed modern structural engineering.
|
E806501
|
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: Robert Maillart | Statement: [Maillart’s Bridges, mainSubject, Robert Maillart]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Maillart Context triple: [Maillart’s Bridges, mainSubject, Robert Maillart]
-
A.
Meinhard von Gerkan
Meinhard von Gerkan was a prominent German architect and co-founder of the firm gmp, renowned for designing major public buildings and transportation hubs in Germany and abroad.
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B.
Othmar Ammann
Othmar Ammann was a Swiss-American civil engineer renowned for designing many of New York City's major suspension bridges, including the George Washington Bridge.
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C.
Pier Luigi Nervi
Pier Luigi Nervi was an influential Italian structural engineer and architect renowned for his innovative use of reinforced concrete and elegant, expressive modernist designs.
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D.
Gustave Perret
Gustave Perret was a French architect known for pioneering the use of reinforced concrete in early 20th-century building design.
-
E.
Auguste Perret
Auguste Perret was a pioneering French architect and engineer renowned for his innovative use of reinforced concrete and his influence on modernist architecture.
- 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: Robert Maillart Triple: [Maillart’s Bridges, mainSubject, Robert Maillart]
Generated description
Robert Maillart was a pioneering Swiss civil engineer renowned for his innovative reinforced concrete bridge designs that transformed modern structural engineering.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Maillart Target entity description: Robert Maillart was a pioneering Swiss civil engineer renowned for his innovative reinforced concrete bridge designs that transformed modern structural engineering.
-
A.
Meinhard von Gerkan
Meinhard von Gerkan was a prominent German architect and co-founder of the firm gmp, renowned for designing major public buildings and transportation hubs in Germany and abroad.
-
B.
Othmar Ammann
Othmar Ammann was a Swiss-American civil engineer renowned for designing many of New York City's major suspension bridges, including the George Washington Bridge.
-
C.
Pier Luigi Nervi
Pier Luigi Nervi was an influential Italian structural engineer and architect renowned for his innovative use of reinforced concrete and elegant, expressive modernist designs.
-
D.
Gustave Perret
Gustave Perret was a French architect known for pioneering the use of reinforced concrete in early 20th-century building design.
-
E.
Auguste Perret
Auguste Perret was a pioneering French architect and engineer renowned for his innovative use of reinforced concrete and his influence on modernist architecture.
- 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_69ca847e53a88190a60eed7e02257f10 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd99487b4c819086e02e29e37b593f |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d15296303c8190adda4b24036d9390 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 6:04 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1539bad8481909f9bd060aa3b651c |
completed | April 4, 2026, 6:08 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d154567f408190a848eea4ca905fb6 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 6:11 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:03 p.m.