Triple

T335076
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Mann E6705 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Michael Mann (son of Thomas Mann)
Michael Mann was a German musician, historian, and writer, best known as the youngest son of Nobel Prize–winning author Thomas Mann and a member of the prominent Mann literary family.
E45382 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: Michael Mann (son of Thomas Mann) | Statement: [Thomas Mann, child, Michael Mann (son of Thomas Mann)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Mann (son of Thomas Mann)
Context triple: [Thomas Mann, child, Michael Mann (son of Thomas Mann)]
  • A. Klaus Mann
    Klaus Mann was a German writer and outspoken anti-fascist intellectual, best known for his novel "Mephisto" and as a prominent member of the literary Mann family.
  • B. Thomas Mann
    Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, and essayist renowned for works like "Buddenbrooks" and "The Magic Mountain," which explore the psychology and moral crises of modern European society.
  • C. Erika Mann
    Erika Mann was a German actress, writer, and outspoken anti-Nazi political cabaret performer, and the eldest daughter of novelist Thomas Mann.
  • D. Paul Körner
    Paul Körner was a high-ranking Nazi official and close associate of Hermann Göring who played a key role in the economic and industrial mobilization of the Third Reich.
  • E. Golo Mann
    Golo Mann was a German historian, essayist, and writer known for his works on modern European history and his reflections on politics and culture.
  • 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: Michael Mann (son of Thomas Mann)
Triple: [Thomas Mann, child, Michael Mann (son of Thomas Mann)]
Generated description
Michael Mann was a German musician, historian, and writer, best known as the youngest son of Nobel Prize–winning author Thomas Mann and a member of the prominent Mann literary family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Mann (son of Thomas Mann)
Target entity description: Michael Mann was a German musician, historian, and writer, best known as the youngest son of Nobel Prize–winning author Thomas Mann and a member of the prominent Mann literary family.
  • A. Klaus Mann
    Klaus Mann was a German writer and outspoken anti-fascist intellectual, best known for his novel "Mephisto" and as a prominent member of the literary Mann family.
  • B. Thomas Mann
    Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, and essayist renowned for works like "Buddenbrooks" and "The Magic Mountain," which explore the psychology and moral crises of modern European society.
  • C. Erika Mann
    Erika Mann was a German actress, writer, and outspoken anti-Nazi political cabaret performer, and the eldest daughter of novelist Thomas Mann.
  • D. Paul Körner
    Paul Körner was a high-ranking Nazi official and close associate of Hermann Göring who played a key role in the economic and industrial mobilization of the Third Reich.
  • E. Golo Mann
    Golo Mann was a German historian, essayist, and writer known for his works on modern European history and his reflections on politics and culture.
  • 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_69a2e79434908190a9d5afe415153ad9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eac641708190b85fa21368e5de8e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3e0139e108190b2978216a4bc0a3e completed March 1, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3e1120c1481908c55b2390f322c53 completed March 1, 2026, 6:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3e1e50c548190b65e9e7ef76e1dcd completed March 1, 2026, 6:51 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.