Triple

T124817
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Franz Boas E2523 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object Adolf Bastian
Adolf Bastian was a 19th-century German ethnologist whose comparative studies of cultures and concept of "elementary ideas" helped lay foundational principles for modern anthropology.
E19010 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: Adolf Bastian | Statement: [Franz Boas, influencedBy, Adolf Bastian]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adolf Bastian
Context triple: [Franz Boas, influencedBy, Adolf Bastian]
  • A. Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
    Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma was a German Wehrmacht general and tank commander in World War II, best known for leading armored forces in the North African campaign.
  • B. Otto Hofmann
    Otto Hofmann was a high-ranking SS official and head of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office who played a role in implementing Nazi racial policies during the Holocaust.
  • C. Eberhard Schöngarth
    Eberhard Schöngarth was a high-ranking Nazi SS and police leader involved in war crimes and the Holocaust, including participation in the Wannsee Conference.
  • D. Heinrich von Vietinghoff
    Heinrich von Vietinghoff was a German Wehrmacht general who commanded major Axis forces in Italy during World War II, including serving as commander-in-chief of German troops in the Italian campaign.
  • E. Dr. Hermann Gottlieb
    Dr. Hermann Gottlieb is a brilliant but eccentric mathematician and kaiju researcher in the Pacific Rim universe, known for his analytical rivalry and eventual partnership with scientist Newton Geiszler.
  • 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: Adolf Bastian
Triple: [Franz Boas, influencedBy, Adolf Bastian]
Generated description
Adolf Bastian was a 19th-century German ethnologist whose comparative studies of cultures and concept of "elementary ideas" helped lay foundational principles for modern anthropology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adolf Bastian
Target entity description: Adolf Bastian was a 19th-century German ethnologist whose comparative studies of cultures and concept of "elementary ideas" helped lay foundational principles for modern anthropology.
  • A. Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
    Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma was a German Wehrmacht general and tank commander in World War II, best known for leading armored forces in the North African campaign.
  • B. Otto Hofmann
    Otto Hofmann was a high-ranking SS official and head of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office who played a role in implementing Nazi racial policies during the Holocaust.
  • C. Eberhard Schöngarth
    Eberhard Schöngarth was a high-ranking Nazi SS and police leader involved in war crimes and the Holocaust, including participation in the Wannsee Conference.
  • D. Heinrich von Vietinghoff
    Heinrich von Vietinghoff was a German Wehrmacht general who commanded major Axis forces in Italy during World War II, including serving as commander-in-chief of German troops in the Italian campaign.
  • E. Dr. Hermann Gottlieb
    Dr. Hermann Gottlieb is a brilliant but eccentric mathematician and kaiju researcher in the Pacific Rim universe, known for his analytical rivalry and eventual partnership with scientist Newton Geiszler.
  • 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_69a251b54ea88190b18281669f59b4c0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2573e4e6481908252dfef2e34f46e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2ce3540588190a7e80e5c887dd292 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2ced98d208190a1593e4f944df06b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2cf3e80d08190aefb2651ee66b387 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:19 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.