Triple

T18624066
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jan Matthys E455232 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object Melchior Hoffman
Melchior Hoffman was a 16th-century radical Reformation preacher and theologian known for his apocalyptic teachings and major influence on early Anabaptism.
E1424563 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: Melchior Hoffman | Statement: [Jan Matthys, influencedBy, Melchior Hoffman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melchior Hoffman
Context triple: [Jan Matthys, influencedBy, Melchior Hoffman]
  • A. Johann Böhmer
    Johann Böhmer was a German scholar best known as the first husband of the writer and intellectual Caroline Schelling (née Michaelis).
  • B. Otto Beisheim
    Otto Beisheim was a German businessman and co-founder of the retail giant Metro AG, known for his significant philanthropic contributions to education and management studies.
  • C. Heinrich Bauer
    Heinrich Bauer was a 19th-century German revolutionary and early communist activist associated with the radical workers’ movement in Europe.
  • D. Cornelius Meister
    Cornelius Meister is a German conductor and pianist known for his leadership roles at major opera houses and orchestras, particularly in Stuttgart and Vienna.
  • E. Hans von Halban
    Hans von Halban was a French physicist of Austrian-Polish origin who played a significant role in early nuclear fission research and Allied atomic energy efforts during World War II.
  • 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: Melchior Hoffman
Triple: [Jan Matthys, influencedBy, Melchior Hoffman]
Generated description
Melchior Hoffman was a 16th-century radical Reformation preacher and theologian known for his apocalyptic teachings and major influence on early Anabaptism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melchior Hoffman
Target entity description: Melchior Hoffman was a 16th-century radical Reformation preacher and theologian known for his apocalyptic teachings and major influence on early Anabaptism.
  • A. Johann Böhmer
    Johann Böhmer was a German scholar best known as the first husband of the writer and intellectual Caroline Schelling (née Michaelis).
  • B. Otto Beisheim
    Otto Beisheim was a German businessman and co-founder of the retail giant Metro AG, known for his significant philanthropic contributions to education and management studies.
  • C. Heinrich Bauer
    Heinrich Bauer was a 19th-century German revolutionary and early communist activist associated with the radical workers’ movement in Europe.
  • D. Cornelius Meister
    Cornelius Meister is a German conductor and pianist known for his leadership roles at major opera houses and orchestras, particularly in Stuttgart and Vienna.
  • E. Hans von Halban
    Hans von Halban was a French physicist of Austrian-Polish origin who played a significant role in early nuclear fission research and Allied atomic energy efforts during World War II.
  • 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_69d8d38cc7948190a55ea64e5638994e completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e54f02dc248190a82341eeb2473593 completed April 19, 2026, 9:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08693797cc8190a9718a377734c897 completed May 16, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0869e2a80481909105005195330dc9 completed May 16, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a086a6ad6c88190be1770758d2e1bbf completed May 16, 2026, 1 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:46 a.m.