Triple

T16315369
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Simplon Tunnel E396158 entity
Predicate builder P3143 FINISHED
Object Alfred Brandt
Alfred Brandt was an engineer known for overseeing the construction of the pioneering trans-Alpine Simplon Tunnel between Switzerland and Italy.
E1279904 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: Alfred Brandt | Statement: [Simplon Tunnel, builder, Alfred Brandt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Brandt
Context triple: [Simplon Tunnel, builder, Alfred Brandt]
  • A. Hans Reimann
    Hans Reimann was a German World War I fighter pilot who served as a notable member of the renowned Jasta 2 fighter squadron.
  • B. Alfred Buß
    Alfred Buß is a German Protestant theologian and former leading church official, notably having served as Präses (head) of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia.
  • C. Erwin Böhme
    Erwin Böhme was a German World War I fighter ace and close associate of Oswald Boelcke, credited with numerous aerial victories on the Western Front.
  • D. Hans Reiche
    Hans Reiche was a German-born Canadian philatelist and engineer best known for his extensive research and publications on Canadian stamp varieties and plate flaws.
  • E. Franz Seldte
    Franz Seldte was a German nationalist politician and co-founder of the Stahlhelm veterans' organization who became a prominent minister in Nazi Germany.
  • 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: Alfred Brandt
Triple: [Simplon Tunnel, builder, Alfred Brandt]
Generated description
Alfred Brandt was an engineer known for overseeing the construction of the pioneering trans-Alpine Simplon Tunnel between Switzerland and Italy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Brandt
Target entity description: Alfred Brandt was an engineer known for overseeing the construction of the pioneering trans-Alpine Simplon Tunnel between Switzerland and Italy.
  • A. Hans Reimann
    Hans Reimann was a German World War I fighter pilot who served as a notable member of the renowned Jasta 2 fighter squadron.
  • B. Alfred Buß
    Alfred Buß is a German Protestant theologian and former leading church official, notably having served as Präses (head) of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia.
  • C. Erwin Böhme
    Erwin Böhme was a German World War I fighter ace and close associate of Oswald Boelcke, credited with numerous aerial victories on the Western Front.
  • D. Hans Reiche
    Hans Reiche was a German-born Canadian philatelist and engineer best known for his extensive research and publications on Canadian stamp varieties and plate flaws.
  • E. Franz Seldte
    Franz Seldte was a German nationalist politician and co-founder of the Stahlhelm veterans' organization who became a prominent minister in Nazi Germany.
  • 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_69d87f255b788190a400eba031dd85d8 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e288de57cc81908cec93309347c385 completed April 17, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a020a7c08288190bbaabd03dffa0ab8 completed May 11, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a020b81c0e88190af61ea1a3b89fe8a completed May 11, 2026, 5:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a020cc2de908190ae82be94c0d9c1a0 completed May 11, 2026, 5:07 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:06 a.m.