Triple
T225849
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Humboldt University of Berlin |
E4311
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAlumni |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic, and essayist known for his influential writings on aesthetics, history, and modernity, including the seminal essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction."
|
E29668
|
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: Walter Benjamin | Statement: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, Walter Benjamin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Benjamin Context triple: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, Walter Benjamin]
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A.
Herbert Marcuse
Herbert Marcuse was a German-American philosopher and critical theorist associated with the Frankfurt School, known for his critiques of advanced industrial society and influential works such as "One-Dimensional Man."
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B.
Georges Sorel
Georges Sorel was a French philosopher and social theorist best known for his reflections on violence, revolutionary syndicalism, and the myth of the general strike, which deeply influenced various radical political movements in the early 20th century.
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C.
André Malraux
André Malraux was a prominent 20th-century French novelist, art theorist, and statesman closely associated with Charles de Gaulle and known for his influential role in shaping modern French cultural policy.
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D.
Jürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas is a German philosopher and social theorist known for his work on communicative rationality, the public sphere, and deliberative democracy.
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E.
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht was a German playwright, poet, and theatre practitioner renowned for developing epic theatre and profoundly influencing modern drama.
- 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: Walter Benjamin Triple: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, Walter Benjamin]
Generated description
Walter Benjamin was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic, and essayist known for his influential writings on aesthetics, history, and modernity, including the seminal essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Benjamin Target entity description: Walter Benjamin was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic, and essayist known for his influential writings on aesthetics, history, and modernity, including the seminal essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction."
-
A.
Herbert Marcuse
Herbert Marcuse was a German-American philosopher and critical theorist associated with the Frankfurt School, known for his critiques of advanced industrial society and influential works such as "One-Dimensional Man."
-
B.
Georges Sorel
Georges Sorel was a French philosopher and social theorist best known for his reflections on violence, revolutionary syndicalism, and the myth of the general strike, which deeply influenced various radical political movements in the early 20th century.
-
C.
André Malraux
André Malraux was a prominent 20th-century French novelist, art theorist, and statesman closely associated with Charles de Gaulle and known for his influential role in shaping modern French cultural policy.
-
D.
Jürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas is a German philosopher and social theorist known for his work on communicative rationality, the public sphere, and deliberative democracy.
-
E.
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht was a German playwright, poet, and theatre practitioner renowned for developing epic theatre and profoundly influencing modern drama.
- 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_69a257363ffc81909757bde7ab3404da |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25c8d97d08190ad7c1c3e9322f34c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a35ea15b9c819086b6569a5d19de86 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:31 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3604b23bc81908a13ed2b762fe269 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a360b68d1c8190adf3d3beb2f73960 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.