Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Arles period of Vincent van Gogh E77559 entity
Predicate associatedEvent P149 FINISHED
Object ear mutilation incident of Vincent van Gogh
The ear mutilation incident of Vincent van Gogh refers to the famous episode in 1888 when the artist cut off part of his own ear during a mental health crisis in Arles, France.
E77559 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: ear mutilation incident of Vincent van Gogh | Statement: [Arles period of Vincent van Gogh, associatedEvent, ear mutilation incident of Vincent van Gogh]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ear mutilation incident of Vincent van Gogh
Context triple: [Arles period of Vincent van Gogh, associatedEvent, ear mutilation incident of Vincent van Gogh]
  • A. The Anatomy Lesson
    The Anatomy Lesson is a 1983 novel by Philip Roth that continues the story of his alter ego Nathan Zuckerman, exploring themes of illness, identity, and artistic crisis with Roth’s characteristic dark humor and introspection.
  • B. Souvenirs sur Van Gogh
    Souvenirs sur Van Gogh is a memoir by French painter Émile Bernard that offers personal recollections and insights into the life and work of Vincent van Gogh.
  • C. Arles period of Vincent van Gogh
    The Arles period of Vincent van Gogh refers to the intensely productive and stylistically mature phase he spent in Arles, France (1888–1889), during which he created many of his most famous works characterized by bold colors and expressive brushwork.
  • D. Weenen massacre
    The Weenen massacre was an 1838 killing of Voortrekker settlers by Zulu forces in present-day South Africa, which became a pivotal flashpoint in the conflict between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom.
  • E. Picasso’s Château of Vauvenargues
    Picasso’s Château of Vauvenargues is a historic Provençal castle in southern France that served as Pablo Picasso’s residence, studio, and final resting place.
  • 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: ear mutilation incident of Vincent van Gogh
Triple: [Arles period of Vincent van Gogh, associatedEvent, ear mutilation incident of Vincent van Gogh]
Generated description
The ear mutilation incident of Vincent van Gogh refers to the famous episode in 1888 when the artist cut off part of his own ear during a mental health crisis in Arles, France.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ear mutilation incident of Vincent van Gogh
Target entity description: The ear mutilation incident of Vincent van Gogh refers to the famous episode in 1888 when the artist cut off part of his own ear during a mental health crisis in Arles, France.
  • A. The Anatomy Lesson
    The Anatomy Lesson is a 1983 novel by Philip Roth that continues the story of his alter ego Nathan Zuckerman, exploring themes of illness, identity, and artistic crisis with Roth’s characteristic dark humor and introspection.
  • B. Souvenirs sur Van Gogh
    Souvenirs sur Van Gogh is a memoir by French painter Émile Bernard that offers personal recollections and insights into the life and work of Vincent van Gogh.
  • C. Arles period of Vincent van Gogh chosen
    The Arles period of Vincent van Gogh refers to the intensely productive and stylistically mature phase he spent in Arles, France (1888–1889), during which he created many of his most famous works characterized by bold colors and expressive brushwork.
  • D. Weenen massacre
    The Weenen massacre was an 1838 killing of Voortrekker settlers by Zulu forces in present-day South Africa, which became a pivotal flashpoint in the conflict between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom.
  • E. Picasso’s Château of Vauvenargues
    Picasso’s Château of Vauvenargues is a historic Provençal castle in southern France that served as Pablo Picasso’s residence, studio, and final resting place.
  • 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_69ad85def5cc8190863dccf55a18bebb completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc3d36c1c8190920397a75de4c47d completed March 8, 2026, 6:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4884071c881909daae2f3c510d399 completed March 13, 2026, 9:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b48ce33a208190bd7cf894a11497a1 completed March 13, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4aed7f4008190b5adbf3a89f4b5bd completed March 14, 2026, 12:42 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:24 p.m.