Triple

T2608873
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sauer E58726 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Ralph Sauer
Ralph Sauer is an American trombonist and educator best known for his long tenure as principal trombone of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and his influential solo and chamber music recordings and arrangements.
 E391987 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: Ralph Sauer | Statement: [Sauer, hasNotableBearer, Ralph Sauer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ralph Sauer
Context triple: [Sauer, hasNotableBearer, Ralph Sauer]
  • A. Robert Sauer
    Robert Sauer was a German mathematician known for his contributions to geometry and for his academic leadership in the mid-20th century.
  • B. George L. Dahl
    George L. Dahl was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for shaping much of Dallas’s skyline and major civic landmarks.
  • C. George Boemler
    George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
  • D. William Wendt
    William Wendt was a prominent American landscape painter celebrated as a leading figure of the California Impressionist movement.
  • E. Fred M. Wilcox
    Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
  • 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: Ralph Sauer
Triple: [Sauer, hasNotableBearer, Ralph Sauer]
Generated description
Ralph Sauer is an American trombonist and educator best known for his long tenure as principal trombone of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and his influential solo and chamber music recordings and arrangements.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ralph Sauer
Target entity description: Ralph Sauer is an American trombonist and educator best known for his long tenure as principal trombone of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and his influential solo and chamber music recordings and arrangements.
  • A. Robert Sauer
    Robert Sauer was a German mathematician known for his contributions to geometry and for his academic leadership in the mid-20th century.
  • B. George L. Dahl
    George L. Dahl was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for shaping much of Dallas’s skyline and major civic landmarks.
  • C. George Boemler
    George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
  • D. William Wendt
    William Wendt was a prominent American landscape painter celebrated as a leading figure of the California Impressionist movement.
  • E. Fred M. Wilcox
    Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
  • 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_69ab4ac3523881909679750c9f8c2dec completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd868acc481909444c99a621cdbec completed March 7, 2026, 7:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b503cf9f8881908dc371d5acb952cf completed March 14, 2026, 6:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5047828e881908fe936119a0a2c8e completed March 14, 2026, 6:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b504c5520881909f740275fe6640fb completed March 14, 2026, 6:48 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:49 p.m.