Triple

T20585708
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carl Schurz E505780 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Schurz
Schurz is a German surname most notably associated with Carl Schurz, a 19th-century German-American statesman, reformer, and Union Army general.
E1438948 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: Schurz | Statement: [Carl Schurz, familyName, Schurz]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schurz
Context triple: [Carl Schurz, familyName, Schurz]
  • A. Hillenbrand
    Hillenbrand is a surname of German origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as diplomacy, literature, and sports.
  • B. Petit & Fritsen
    Petit & Fritsen is a historic Dutch bell foundry renowned for casting church bells and carillons used in notable towers and monuments worldwide.
  • C. Tönnies
    Tönnies is a German surname most notably associated with the sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies, a founding figure of modern sociology.
  • D. Fleischmann
    Fleischmann is a German-language surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as music, science, and the arts.
  • E. Dr. Oetker
    Dr. Oetker is a German multinational food company best known for its baking products, desserts, frozen pizzas, and other convenience foods.
  • 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: Schurz
Triple: [Carl Schurz, familyName, Schurz]
Generated description
Schurz is a German surname most notably associated with Carl Schurz, a 19th-century German-American statesman, reformer, and Union Army general.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schurz
Target entity description: Schurz is a German surname most notably associated with Carl Schurz, a 19th-century German-American statesman, reformer, and Union Army general.
  • A. Hillenbrand
    Hillenbrand is a surname of German origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as diplomacy, literature, and sports.
  • B. Petit & Fritsen
    Petit & Fritsen is a historic Dutch bell foundry renowned for casting church bells and carillons used in notable towers and monuments worldwide.
  • C. Tönnies
    Tönnies is a German surname most notably associated with the sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies, a founding figure of modern sociology.
  • D. Fleischmann
    Fleischmann is a German-language surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as music, science, and the arts.
  • E. Dr. Oetker
    Dr. Oetker is a German multinational food company best known for its baking products, desserts, frozen pizzas, and other convenience foods.
  • 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_69e0b4b9669c8190b8e81fc72817d42c completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6a976bca4819086a4949e299159b5 completed April 20, 2026, 10:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08aceef59881908b63e33baa53b35f completed May 16, 2026, 5:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08ae401ed481908b6222d572d57b35 completed May 16, 2026, 5:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08aec256988190bc43a1f784a458ec completed May 16, 2026, 5:52 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:40 a.m.