Triple

T2612879
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Friedrich Nicolai E58816 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Nicolai
Nicolai is a German surname historically associated with figures such as the Enlightenment-era publisher and writer Friedrich Nicolai.
 E407575 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: Nicolai | Statement: [Friedrich Nicolai, familyName, Nicolai]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nicolai
Context triple: [Friedrich Nicolai, familyName, Nicolai]
  • A. Nikolay
    Nikolay is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in Russian-speaking countries and equivalent to Nicholas in English.
  • B. Niklaus
    Niklaus is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, notably borne by Swiss computer scientist Niklaus Wirth.
  • C. Niels
    Niels is the given name of the pioneering Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel, known for his foundational work in algebra and analysis.
  • D. Leonid
    Leonid is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, notably borne by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
  • E. Isak
    Isak is a given name, commonly used in Scandinavian and other cultures, that corresponds to the biblical name Isaac.
  • 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: Nicolai
Triple: [Friedrich Nicolai, familyName, Nicolai]
Generated description
Nicolai is a German surname historically associated with figures such as the Enlightenment-era publisher and writer Friedrich Nicolai.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nicolai
Target entity description: Nicolai is a German surname historically associated with figures such as the Enlightenment-era publisher and writer Friedrich Nicolai.
  • A. Nikolay
    Nikolay is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in Russian-speaking countries and equivalent to Nicholas in English.
  • B. Niklaus
    Niklaus is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, notably borne by Swiss computer scientist Niklaus Wirth.
  • C. Niels
    Niels is the given name of the pioneering Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel, known for his foundational work in algebra and analysis.
  • D. Leonid
    Leonid is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, notably borne by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
  • E. Isak
    Isak is a given name, commonly used in Scandinavian and other cultures, that corresponds to the biblical name Isaac.
  • 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_69ab4ac444dc819099614e534dd6021f completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd87c5fec8190a428b94b90265352 completed March 7, 2026, 7:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b54c16c05481908f451b492ca9f47f completed March 14, 2026, 11:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b54fd243888190aba6b39d20608f69 completed March 14, 2026, 12:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5502f28808190af903cfc81f99d61 completed March 14, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.