Triple

T13200151
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wilhelm Ostwald E314219 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Ostwald
Ostwald is a German surname most notably associated with Nobel Prize–winning chemist Wilhelm Ostwald.
 E1026603 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: Ostwald | Statement: [Wilhelm Ostwald, familyName, Ostwald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ostwald
Context triple: [Wilhelm Ostwald, familyName, Ostwald]
  • A. Berthelot
    Berthelot is a French surname most notably associated with the influential 19th-century chemist and politician Marcelin Berthelot.
  • B. Ewald
    Ewald is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically borne by various notable figures in German and Central European history.
  • C. Gmelin
    Gmelin is a German surname historically associated with several notable scientists, including chemists, botanists, and naturalists.
  • D. Hittorff
    Hittorff is the surname of Jacques Ignace Hittorff, a prominent 19th-century German-born French architect known for his work on Parisian urban design and monuments.
  • E. Gomberg
    Gomberg is a surname most notably associated with American screenwriter and producer Sy Gomberg.
  • 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: Ostwald
Triple: [Wilhelm Ostwald, familyName, Ostwald]
Generated description
Ostwald is a German surname most notably associated with Nobel Prize–winning chemist Wilhelm Ostwald.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ostwald
Target entity description: Ostwald is a German surname most notably associated with Nobel Prize–winning chemist Wilhelm Ostwald.
  • A. Berthelot
    Berthelot is a French surname most notably associated with the influential 19th-century chemist and politician Marcelin Berthelot.
  • B. Ewald
    Ewald is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically borne by various notable figures in German and Central European history.
  • C. Gmelin
    Gmelin is a German surname historically associated with several notable scientists, including chemists, botanists, and naturalists.
  • D. Hittorff
    Hittorff is the surname of Jacques Ignace Hittorff, a prominent 19th-century German-born French architect known for his work on Parisian urban design and monuments.
  • E. Gomberg
    Gomberg is a surname most notably associated with American screenwriter and producer Sy Gomberg.
  • 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_69d806aee7308190b70a237ba2a6e3e1 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d98c6591d881909a6ebc22246caead completed April 10, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6f60ae01c8190aa7669d6f574df09 completed May 3, 2026, 7:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6f6ba509c8190a99426ba4506d31f completed May 3, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6f812ae048190907b8def6b0d019c completed May 3, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:16 p.m.