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]
  • 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
  • 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.