Triple

T391186
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Berlin Botanical Garden E8883 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Thomas Borsch
Thomas Borsch is a German botanist and academic known for his leadership of the Berlin Botanical Garden and his research on plant systematics and biodiversity.
E127011 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: Thomas Borsch | Statement: [Berlin Botanical Garden, director, Thomas Borsch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Borsch
Context triple: [Berlin Botanical Garden, director, Thomas Borsch]
  • A. Robert Ochsenfeld
    Robert Ochsenfeld was a German physicist best known for co-discovering the Meissner effect, a fundamental phenomenon in superconductivity.
  • B. Klaus Heissler
    Klaus Heissler is a talking goldfish with the brain of an East German Olympic ski jumper, serving as a comedic and often sarcastic member of the Smith family in the animated series "American Dad!".
  • C. John Heydler
    John Heydler was an American baseball executive who served as president of the National League in the early 20th century.
  • D. George Boemler
    George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
  • E. Martin Benrath
    Martin Benrath was a German actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theater from the mid-20th century onward.
  • 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: Thomas Borsch
Triple: [Berlin Botanical Garden, director, Thomas Borsch]
Generated description
Thomas Borsch is a German botanist and academic known for his leadership of the Berlin Botanical Garden and his research on plant systematics and biodiversity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Borsch
Target entity description: Thomas Borsch is a German botanist and academic known for his leadership of the Berlin Botanical Garden and his research on plant systematics and biodiversity.
  • A. Robert Ochsenfeld
    Robert Ochsenfeld was a German physicist best known for co-discovering the Meissner effect, a fundamental phenomenon in superconductivity.
  • B. Klaus Heissler
    Klaus Heissler is a talking goldfish with the brain of an East German Olympic ski jumper, serving as a comedic and often sarcastic member of the Smith family in the animated series "American Dad!".
  • C. John Heydler
    John Heydler was an American baseball executive who served as president of the National League in the early 20th century.
  • D. George Boemler
    George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
  • E. Martin Benrath
    Martin Benrath was a German actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theater from the mid-20th century onward.
  • 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec5d73e881909101308a583c8f13 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac4be4ead481909c618e2d2e795c08 completed March 7, 2026, 4:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac4d59d6e48190ae584c5505d583e2 completed March 7, 2026, 4:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac4dc518cc8190a8eafd2eef7934d8 completed March 7, 2026, 4:09 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.