Triple

T18071750
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Souvenir Français E432446 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Xavier Niessen
Xavier Niessen was a 19th-century French figure best known for creating the patriotic association that became Le Souvenir Français, dedicated to honoring soldiers who died for France.
E1304107 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: Xavier Niessen | Statement: [Souvenir Français, founder, Xavier Niessen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xavier Niessen
Context triple: [Souvenir Français, founder, Xavier Niessen]
  • A. Marc Restout
    Marc Restout was a 17th-century French painter and engraver, member of the artistic Restout family known for their contributions to religious and historical art.
  • B. Vincent Bourgeois
    Vincent Bourgeois is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Bourgeois.
  • C. Brice Tisné
    Brice Tisné is a film producer best known for his work on acclaimed independent and art-house films, including the surreal romantic drama "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
  • D. Marius Weyers
    Marius Weyers is a South African actor best known internationally for his role in the film "The Gods Must Be Crazy" and for his extensive work in South African cinema and television.
  • E. Niko Besnier
    Niko Besnier is a cultural anthropologist known for his work on globalization, gender, and sports, and for serving as editor-in-chief of the journal American Ethnologist.
  • 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: Xavier Niessen
Triple: [Souvenir Français, founder, Xavier Niessen]
Generated description
Xavier Niessen was a 19th-century French figure best known for creating the patriotic association that became Le Souvenir Français, dedicated to honoring soldiers who died for France.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xavier Niessen
Target entity description: Xavier Niessen was a 19th-century French figure best known for creating the patriotic association that became Le Souvenir Français, dedicated to honoring soldiers who died for France.
  • A. Marc Restout
    Marc Restout was a 17th-century French painter and engraver, member of the artistic Restout family known for their contributions to religious and historical art.
  • B. Vincent Bourgeois
    Vincent Bourgeois is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Bourgeois.
  • C. Brice Tisné
    Brice Tisné is a film producer best known for his work on acclaimed independent and art-house films, including the surreal romantic drama "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
  • D. Marius Weyers
    Marius Weyers is a South African actor best known internationally for his role in the film "The Gods Must Be Crazy" and for his extensive work in South African cinema and television.
  • E. Niko Besnier
    Niko Besnier is a cultural anthropologist known for his work on globalization, gender, and sports, and for serving as editor-in-chief of the journal American Ethnologist.
  • 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_69d8b9070cac81909fa9473fb1c3f1c7 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4ccee2fa4819098a61f7fdb8f1853 completed April 19, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0356748f848190bb4c263355edf07f completed May 12, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03581a400c819091bbad0a45b482a0 completed May 12, 2026, 4:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03590c44b8819099bbce039ddec07c completed May 12, 2026, 4:45 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:26 a.m.