Triple

T1925573
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Walter Zinn E40822 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Zinn
Zinn is a surname of German origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as history, science, and the arts.
 E27256 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: Zinn | Statement: [Walter Zinn, familyName, Zinn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Zinn
Context triple: [Walter Zinn, familyName, Zinn]
  • A. Howard Zinn
    Howard Zinn was an American historian, playwright, and social activist best known for his influential book "A People’s History of the United States," which presented U.S. history from the perspective of marginalized groups.
  • B. Ibram
    Ibram is the given name of Ibram X. Kendi, a prominent American historian and leading scholar of antiracism.
  • C. Morrison
    Morrison is a common English and Scottish surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, sports, arts, and public life.
  • D. August Spies
    August Spies was a German-American anarchist and labor activist who became one of the most prominent defendants executed after the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.
  • E. Magruder
    Magruder is a surname most notably associated with Jeb Stuart Magruder, a key figure in the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration.
  • 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: Zinn
Triple: [Walter Zinn, familyName, Zinn]
Generated description
Zinn is a surname of German origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as history, science, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Zinn
Target entity description: Zinn is a surname of German origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as history, science, and the arts.
  • A. Howard Zinn chosen
    Howard Zinn was an American historian, playwright, and social activist best known for his influential book "A People’s History of the United States," which presented U.S. history from the perspective of marginalized groups.
  • B. Ibram
    Ibram is the given name of Ibram X. Kendi, a prominent American historian and leading scholar of antiracism.
  • C. Morrison
    Morrison is a common English and Scottish surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, sports, arts, and public life.
  • D. August Spies
    August Spies was a German-American anarchist and labor activist who became one of the most prominent defendants executed after the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.
  • E. Magruder
    Magruder is a surname most notably associated with Jeb Stuart Magruder, a key figure in the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a8864711648190b07bed24ed76258e completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb260da088190ac53bfc9437e112b completed March 7, 2026, 5:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adf3e881748190b00f125185e91271 completed March 8, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adf494f0288190bf77285d18fcd3d9 completed March 8, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adf51f49488190b9b0465b4da685c1 completed March 8, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:35 p.m.