Triple

T3616814
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Herbert Backe E76621 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture
The Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture was a high-ranking cabinet post in Nazi Germany responsible for overseeing agricultural policy, food production, and rationing during the Third Reich.
E40437 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: Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture | Statement: [Herbert Backe, positionHeld, Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture
Context triple: [Herbert Backe, positionHeld, Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture]
  • A. Reich Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan
    The Reich Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan was a high-ranking Nazi office, held by Hermann Göring, that directed Germany’s economic mobilization and rearmament in preparation for war.
  • B. Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture
    The Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture was a Nazi German government department responsible for agricultural policy and food supply, playing a central role in exploitative and genocidal measures in occupied Europe during World War II.
  • C. Reich Minister of the Interior
    The Reich Minister of the Interior was the senior German government official responsible for internal affairs, including domestic administration, policing, and internal security.
  • D. Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood
    The Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood was a high-ranking Nazi office responsible for implementing racial policies, including population transfers, Germanization, and the persecution and displacement of non-German populations in occupied territories.
  • E. Reich Minister without Portfolio
    The Reich Minister without Portfolio was a senior Nazi government position held by a top official who had cabinet rank and influence but no specific departmental responsibilities.
  • 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: Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture
Triple: [Herbert Backe, positionHeld, Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture]
Generated description
The Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture was a high-ranking cabinet post in Nazi Germany responsible for overseeing agricultural policy, food production, and rationing during the Third Reich.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture
Target entity description: The Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture was a high-ranking cabinet post in Nazi Germany responsible for overseeing agricultural policy, food production, and rationing during the Third Reich.
  • A. Reich Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan
    The Reich Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan was a high-ranking Nazi office, held by Hermann Göring, that directed Germany’s economic mobilization and rearmament in preparation for war.
  • B. Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture chosen
    The Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture was a Nazi German government department responsible for agricultural policy and food supply, playing a central role in exploitative and genocidal measures in occupied Europe during World War II.
  • C. Reich Minister of the Interior
    The Reich Minister of the Interior was the senior German government official responsible for internal affairs, including domestic administration, policing, and internal security.
  • D. Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood
    The Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood was a high-ranking Nazi office responsible for implementing racial policies, including population transfers, Germanization, and the persecution and displacement of non-German populations in occupied territories.
  • E. Reich Minister without Portfolio
    The Reich Minister without Portfolio was a senior Nazi government position held by a top official who had cabinet rank and influence but no specific departmental responsibilities.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ad85dae2fc81908d1ceadbc6af0089 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc27c98088190a493c9eddf6b206a completed March 8, 2026, 6:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4331a82688190add137b1f68c955e completed March 13, 2026, 3:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b438135e8c81909c56e1c04499268b completed March 13, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4388a1ecc81908e1de9f8bcfc008d completed March 13, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:23 p.m.