Triple

T1752321
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Cologne E38470 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Heinrich Böll
Heinrich Böll was a German writer and Nobel Prize–winning novelist known for his critical portrayals of postwar German society.
E196552 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: Heinrich Böll | Statement: [University of Cologne, hasNotableAlumni, Heinrich Böll]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heinrich Böll
Context triple: [University of Cologne, hasNotableAlumni, Heinrich Böll]
  • A. Günter Grass
    Günter Grass was a Nobel Prize–winning German novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his seminal postwar novel "The Tin Drum" and his critical engagement with Germany’s Nazi past.
  • B. Max Frisch
    Max Frisch was a prominent Swiss playwright and novelist known for works such as "Homo Faber" and "I'm Not Stiller," which explore identity, responsibility, and the nature of modern life.
  • C. Heinrich Mann
    Heinrich Mann was a prominent German novelist and essayist known for his socially critical works and opposition to authoritarianism in the early 20th century.
  • D. Hermann Hess
    Hermann Hess was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Monte San Valentín, the highest peak in Chilean Patagonia.
  • E. Klaus Mann
    Klaus Mann was a German writer and outspoken anti-fascist intellectual, best known for his novel "Mephisto" and as a prominent member of the literary Mann family.
  • 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: Heinrich Böll
Triple: [University of Cologne, hasNotableAlumni, Heinrich Böll]
Generated description
Heinrich Böll was a German writer and Nobel Prize–winning novelist known for his critical portrayals of postwar German society.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heinrich Böll
Target entity description: Heinrich Böll was a German writer and Nobel Prize–winning novelist known for his critical portrayals of postwar German society.
  • A. Günter Grass
    Günter Grass was a Nobel Prize–winning German novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his seminal postwar novel "The Tin Drum" and his critical engagement with Germany’s Nazi past.
  • B. Max Frisch
    Max Frisch was a prominent Swiss playwright and novelist known for works such as "Homo Faber" and "I'm Not Stiller," which explore identity, responsibility, and the nature of modern life.
  • C. Heinrich Mann
    Heinrich Mann was a prominent German novelist and essayist known for his socially critical works and opposition to authoritarianism in the early 20th century.
  • D. Hermann Hess
    Hermann Hess was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Monte San Valentín, the highest peak in Chilean Patagonia.
  • E. Klaus Mann
    Klaus Mann was a German writer and outspoken anti-fascist intellectual, best known for his novel "Mephisto" and as a prominent member of the literary Mann family.
  • 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_69a8862bdb2081908aefe831c8aa8017 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa641432d88190ab4254cb4c3ad402 completed March 6, 2026, 5:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada0e625c48190a0fbda31010bdc5f completed March 8, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ada1e13d408190b393c00c331125a2 completed March 8, 2026, 4:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ada292a34c8190a566c2909342ab27 completed March 8, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.