Triple

T2249682
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Leslie Howard E49586 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Ferdinand Steiner
Ferdinand Steiner was the father of renowned British actor Leslie Howard, known for his work in early 20th-century theatre and film.
 E247477 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: Ferdinand Steiner | Statement: [Leslie Howard, father, Ferdinand Steiner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ferdinand Steiner
Context triple: [Leslie Howard, father, Ferdinand Steiner]
  • A. Felix Steiner
    Felix Steiner was a high-ranking German SS commander during World War II who led several Waffen-SS formations on the Eastern and Western Fronts.
  • B. Heinz Schaller
    Heinz Schaller was a German molecular biologist and entrepreneur best known for co-founding the biotechnology company Biogen.
  • C. Manfred Morari
    Manfred Morari is a prominent control systems engineer known for his pioneering work in model predictive control and contributions to robust and constrained control theory.
  • D. Eduard de Stoeckl
    Eduard de Stoeckl was a 19th-century Russian diplomat best known for representing the Russian Empire in Washington and arranging the sale of Alaska to the United States.
  • E. Heinz Emigholz
    Heinz Emigholz is a German filmmaker and artist best known for his experimental films and architectural documentaries.
  • 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: Ferdinand Steiner
Triple: [Leslie Howard, father, Ferdinand Steiner]
Generated description
Ferdinand Steiner was the father of renowned British actor Leslie Howard, known for his work in early 20th-century theatre and film.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ferdinand Steiner
Target entity description: Ferdinand Steiner was the father of renowned British actor Leslie Howard, known for his work in early 20th-century theatre and film.
  • A. Felix Steiner
    Felix Steiner was a high-ranking German SS commander during World War II who led several Waffen-SS formations on the Eastern and Western Fronts.
  • B. Heinz Schaller
    Heinz Schaller was a German molecular biologist and entrepreneur best known for co-founding the biotechnology company Biogen.
  • C. Manfred Morari
    Manfred Morari is a prominent control systems engineer known for his pioneering work in model predictive control and contributions to robust and constrained control theory.
  • D. Eduard de Stoeckl
    Eduard de Stoeckl was a 19th-century Russian diplomat best known for representing the Russian Empire in Washington and arranging the sale of Alaska to the United States.
  • E. Heinz Emigholz
    Heinz Emigholz is a German filmmaker and artist best known for his experimental films and architectural documentaries.
  • 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_69a88aa979788190ad6500f1d8eee2fc completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc0ef74988190a0af51d983cf5658 completed March 7, 2026, 6:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae6b1948cc8190921b9fcc12c28db0 completed March 9, 2026, 6:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae6b73bb688190bcade17d991c4862 completed March 9, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae6be4431c81909c9b4ad82226215d completed March 9, 2026, 6:42 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.