Triple
T12496147
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tendaguru Formation |
E298688
|
entity |
| Predicate | researchedBy |
P1945
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Werner Janensch
Werner Janensch was a German paleontologist best known for leading early 20th-century dinosaur excavations in German East Africa and describing several iconic sauropods.
|
E987577
|
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: Werner Janensch | Statement: [Tendaguru Formation, researchedBy, Werner Janensch]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Werner Janensch Context triple: [Tendaguru Formation, researchedBy, Werner Janensch]
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A.
Ernst Hartert
Ernst Hartert was a German ornithologist and curator at the Rothschild Museum in Tring, known for his extensive work in bird taxonomy and species descriptions.
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B.
Ernst Stromer
Ernst Stromer was a German paleontologist best known for his early 20th-century discoveries and descriptions of large Cretaceous dinosaurs from Egypt, including Spinosaurus.
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C.
Hugo Bergmann
Hugo Bergmann was a prominent Czech-Jewish philosopher and Zionist intellectual who became a leading figure in the cultural and academic life of early 20th-century Jerusalem.
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D.
Rudolph Leuckart
Rudolph Leuckart was a 19th-century German zoologist and pioneering parasitologist known for his foundational work on the life cycles of parasites and contributions to medical zoology.
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E.
Ernst Dehner
Ernst Dehner was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who was later tried and convicted for war crimes committed in the Balkans.
- 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: Werner Janensch Triple: [Tendaguru Formation, researchedBy, Werner Janensch]
Generated description
Werner Janensch was a German paleontologist best known for leading early 20th-century dinosaur excavations in German East Africa and describing several iconic sauropods.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Werner Janensch Target entity description: Werner Janensch was a German paleontologist best known for leading early 20th-century dinosaur excavations in German East Africa and describing several iconic sauropods.
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A.
Ernst Hartert
Ernst Hartert was a German ornithologist and curator at the Rothschild Museum in Tring, known for his extensive work in bird taxonomy and species descriptions.
-
B.
Ernst Stromer
Ernst Stromer was a German paleontologist best known for his early 20th-century discoveries and descriptions of large Cretaceous dinosaurs from Egypt, including Spinosaurus.
-
C.
Hugo Bergmann
Hugo Bergmann was a prominent Czech-Jewish philosopher and Zionist intellectual who became a leading figure in the cultural and academic life of early 20th-century Jerusalem.
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D.
Rudolph Leuckart
Rudolph Leuckart was a 19th-century German zoologist and pioneering parasitologist known for his foundational work on the life cycles of parasites and contributions to medical zoology.
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E.
Ernst Dehner
Ernst Dehner was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who was later tried and convicted for war crimes committed in the Balkans.
- 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_69d6ada4cd388190ae3bbf83ff87057a |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d94df948308190ace333230a4a3b38 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f64badad488190ae1c6c2883a88a4b |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:08 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f64f9c0e8c81908db3cad51daa77b6 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6504b033c8190a31f49f2e59c6810 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:57 p.m.