Triple

T3540617
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject May E74874 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Karl May
Karl May was a popular 19th-century German author best known for his adventure novels set in the American Old West and the Orient, featuring characters like Winnetou and Old Shatterhand.
E366842 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: Karl May | Statement: [May, hasNotableBearer, Karl May]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl May
Context triple: [May, hasNotableBearer, Karl May]
  • A. Charles Nordhoff
    Charles Nordhoff was an American writer best known for co-authoring popular adventure novels set in the South Pacific, including the classic Bounty trilogy.
  • B. Marcus Clarke
    Marcus Clarke was a 19th-century Australian novelist and journalist best known for his classic convict-era novel "For the Term of His Natural Life."
  • C. Edgar Rice Burroughs
    Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author best known for creating the iconic adventure characters Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
  • D. James Norman Hall
    James Norman Hall was an American author and World War I veteran best known for co-writing the classic historical novel "Mutiny on the Bounty" and its sequels.
  • E. Howard Pyle
    Howard Pyle was an American illustrator and author, often called the "father of American illustration," known for his richly detailed adventure and historical scenes and for training a generation of influential artists.
  • 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: Karl May
Triple: [May, hasNotableBearer, Karl May]
Generated description
Karl May was a popular 19th-century German author best known for his adventure novels set in the American Old West and the Orient, featuring characters like Winnetou and Old Shatterhand.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl May
Target entity description: Karl May was a popular 19th-century German author best known for his adventure novels set in the American Old West and the Orient, featuring characters like Winnetou and Old Shatterhand.
  • A. Charles Nordhoff
    Charles Nordhoff was an American writer best known for co-authoring popular adventure novels set in the South Pacific, including the classic Bounty trilogy.
  • B. Marcus Clarke
    Marcus Clarke was a 19th-century Australian novelist and journalist best known for his classic convict-era novel "For the Term of His Natural Life."
  • C. Edgar Rice Burroughs
    Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author best known for creating the iconic adventure characters Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
  • D. James Norman Hall
    James Norman Hall was an American author and World War I veteran best known for co-writing the classic historical novel "Mutiny on the Bounty" and its sequels.
  • E. Howard Pyle
    Howard Pyle was an American illustrator and author, often called the "father of American illustration," known for his richly detailed adventure and historical scenes and for training a generation of influential artists.
  • 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_69ad85d274cc8190ab59c97298a1cfbf completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbf729000819086e4fdba9e73e198 completed March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b38bd7fa3881909fee11cc6f4af7ea completed March 13, 2026, 4 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b38c9259f881908068961f4eaf11a0 completed March 13, 2026, 4:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b38d04eb388190af64f990bac8d140 completed March 13, 2026, 4:05 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:20 p.m.