Triple

T32581
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wilhelm von Humboldt E649 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Franz Boas
Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
E2523 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: Franz Boas | Statement: [Wilhelm von Humboldt, influenced, Franz Boas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Franz Boas
Context triple: [Wilhelm von Humboldt, influenced, Franz Boas]
  • A. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • B. Wilhelm von Humboldt
    Wilhelm von Humboldt was a German philosopher, linguist, and statesman whose ideas about the creative, generative nature of language profoundly shaped modern linguistic theory.
  • C. Edward O. Wilson
    Edward O. Wilson was a pioneering American biologist and naturalist renowned for his work on biodiversity, sociobiology, and the study of ants.
  • D. Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue
    Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue was a prominent American architect known for his influential Gothic Revival and early modern designs, including major churches, public buildings, and monuments in the early 20th century.
  • E. Noam Chomsky
    Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and political activist widely regarded as the founder of modern linguistics and a prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy.
  • 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: Franz Boas
Triple: [Wilhelm von Humboldt, influenced, Franz Boas]
Generated description
Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Franz Boas
Target entity description: Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
  • A. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • B. Erich Neumann
    Erich Neumann was a German economist and Nazi official who held senior positions in the Third Reich’s economic administration and participated in high-level policy meetings during World War II.
  • C. Wilhelm von Humboldt
    Wilhelm von Humboldt was a German philosopher, linguist, and statesman whose ideas about the creative, generative nature of language profoundly shaped modern linguistic theory.
  • D. Edward O. Wilson
    Edward O. Wilson was a pioneering American biologist and naturalist renowned for his work on biodiversity, sociobiology, and the study of ants.
  • E. Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue
    Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue was a prominent American architect known for his influential Gothic Revival and early modern designs, including major churches, public buildings, and monuments in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69a2479dec388190967ba648663442c9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2487838f881908ab8eda6c6ae53e4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a24e5ec6308190ad27b8b28b3f59d2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a250c9b7388190a997ec073d9d0500 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2512bd888819097e930e961f5fffa completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 a.m.