Triple
T2026321
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Death in Venice |
E44415
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Gustav von Aschenbach
Gustav von Aschenbach is the aging, disciplined German writer whose obsessive infatuation with a beautiful boy in Thomas Mann’s novella "Death in Venice" leads to his tragic moral and physical decline.
|
E226578
|
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: Gustav von Aschenbach | Statement: [Death in Venice, mainCharacter, Gustav von Aschenbach]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gustav von Aschenbach Context triple: [Death in Venice, mainCharacter, Gustav von Aschenbach]
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A.
Adrian Leverkühn
Adrian Leverkühn is the fictional German composer in Thomas Mann’s novel "Doctor Faustus," whose tragic pact for artistic genius serves as an allegory for the moral and cultural collapse of Germany.
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B.
William von Meister
William von Meister was an American entrepreneur and technology pioneer best known for his early work in online services and telecommunications that helped lay the groundwork for consumer internet access.
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C.
Heinrich von Vietinghoff
Heinrich von Vietinghoff was a German Wehrmacht general who commanded major Axis forces in Italy during World War II, including serving as commander-in-chief of German troops in the Italian campaign.
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D.
Tonio Kröger
Tonio Kröger is a novella by Thomas Mann that explores the inner conflict of an artist torn between bourgeois respectability and bohemian creativity.
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E.
Johnny Morgenstern
Johnny Morgenstern is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Morgenstern.
- 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: Gustav von Aschenbach Triple: [Death in Venice, mainCharacter, Gustav von Aschenbach]
Generated description
Gustav von Aschenbach is the aging, disciplined German writer whose obsessive infatuation with a beautiful boy in Thomas Mann’s novella "Death in Venice" leads to his tragic moral and physical decline.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gustav von Aschenbach Target entity description: Gustav von Aschenbach is the aging, disciplined German writer whose obsessive infatuation with a beautiful boy in Thomas Mann’s novella "Death in Venice" leads to his tragic moral and physical decline.
-
A.
Adrian Leverkühn
Adrian Leverkühn is the fictional German composer in Thomas Mann’s novel "Doctor Faustus," whose tragic pact for artistic genius serves as an allegory for the moral and cultural collapse of Germany.
-
B.
William von Meister
William von Meister was an American entrepreneur and technology pioneer best known for his early work in online services and telecommunications that helped lay the groundwork for consumer internet access.
-
C.
Heinrich von Vietinghoff
Heinrich von Vietinghoff was a German Wehrmacht general who commanded major Axis forces in Italy during World War II, including serving as commander-in-chief of German troops in the Italian campaign.
-
D.
Tonio Kröger
Tonio Kröger is a novella by Thomas Mann that explores the inner conflict of an artist torn between bourgeois respectability and bohemian creativity.
-
E.
Johnny Morgenstern
Johnny Morgenstern is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Morgenstern.
- 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_69a889144f2481909932f0746a93023d |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb91055d88190a980e7b42e5895d4 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae0afc9e3c8190a045ef1c987c4141 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:49 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae0d524a048190ac290b0a9939d2bf |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae0dbf06008190b595de89f17c0104 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 12:01 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.