Triple

T16090475
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pfaff E390345 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Robert Pfaff
Robert Pfaff is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Pfaff.
E1195200 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 Pfaff | Statement: [Pfaff, hasNotableBearer, Robert Pfaff]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Pfaff
Context triple: [Pfaff, hasNotableBearer, Robert Pfaff]
  • A. Armin B. Cremers
    Armin B. Cremers is a German computer scientist known for his contributions to artificial intelligence, robotics, and information systems, and for mentoring influential researchers in these fields.
  • B. Michael Lehmann
    Michael Lehmann is an American film and television director best known for the dark comedy "Heathers" and various other Hollywood comedies.
  • C. Robert Dorfmann
    Robert Dorfmann was a French film producer known for backing major European and international films, including influential works of the 1960s and 1970s.
  • D. Peter E. Haas
    Peter E. Haas was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for his leadership role at Levi Strauss & Co. and his prominent involvement in civic and charitable causes in San Francisco.
  • E. Peter T. Grauer
    Peter T. Grauer is an American business executive best known as the longtime chairman of Bloomberg L.P.
  • 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 Pfaff
Triple: [Pfaff, hasNotableBearer, Robert Pfaff]
Generated description
Robert Pfaff is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Pfaff.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Pfaff
Target entity description: Robert Pfaff is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Pfaff.
  • A. Armin B. Cremers
    Armin B. Cremers is a German computer scientist known for his contributions to artificial intelligence, robotics, and information systems, and for mentoring influential researchers in these fields.
  • B. Michael Lehmann
    Michael Lehmann is an American film and television director best known for the dark comedy "Heathers" and various other Hollywood comedies.
  • C. Robert Dorfmann
    Robert Dorfmann was a French film producer known for backing major European and international films, including influential works of the 1960s and 1970s.
  • D. Peter E. Haas
    Peter E. Haas was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for his leadership role at Levi Strauss & Co. and his prominent involvement in civic and charitable causes in San Francisco.
  • E. Peter T. Grauer
    Peter T. Grauer is an American business executive best known as the longtime chairman of Bloomberg L.P.
  • 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_69d87f198bc48190a8b7e53ca15b7ead completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e184522b2c8190986daae6cb2d9db4 completed April 17, 2026, 12:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffeb934b448190a486401ac6c01065 completed May 10, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffefb0225881909982c384a5beb50a completed May 10, 2026, 2:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fff01e1b808190931fff3e91939b82 completed May 10, 2026, 2:40 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m.