Triple

T4061510
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Malan E86221 entity
Predicate hasVariant P455 FINISHED
Object Malan (French surname)
Malan is a French-language surname borne by various individuals, notably in France and French-speaking regions.
 E409921 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: Malan (French surname) | Statement: [Malan, hasVariant, Malan (French surname)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Malan (French surname)
Context triple: [Malan, hasVariant, Malan (French surname)]
  • A. Patrice (surname)
    Patrice is a French-origin surname that can be derived from the given name Patrice, itself related to the Latin name Patricius meaning "noble" or "patrician."
  • B. Alain (French)
    Alain is the French given name equivalent to the English name Alan, commonly used for males in French-speaking countries.
  • C. Thibault
    Thibault is a surname most notably associated with Mike Thibault, a prominent American basketball coach in the WNBA.
  • D. Noailles family
    The Noailles family is a prominent French noble lineage that produced influential aristocrats, military leaders, and statesmen from the Ancien Régime through the 19th century.
  • E. Oultremont family
    The Oultremont family is a Belgian noble lineage historically associated with the aristocracy of the Low Countries and connected by marriage to European royal circles.
  • 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: Malan (French surname)
Triple: [Malan, hasVariant, Malan (French surname)]
Generated description
Malan is a French-language surname borne by various individuals, notably in France and French-speaking regions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Malan (French surname)
Target entity description: Malan is a French-language surname borne by various individuals, notably in France and French-speaking regions.
  • A. Patrice (surname)
    Patrice is a French-origin surname that can be derived from the given name Patrice, itself related to the Latin name Patricius meaning "noble" or "patrician."
  • B. Alain (French)
    Alain is the French given name equivalent to the English name Alan, commonly used for males in French-speaking countries.
  • C. Thibault
    Thibault is a surname most notably associated with Mike Thibault, a prominent American basketball coach in the WNBA.
  • D. Noailles family
    The Noailles family is a prominent French noble lineage that produced influential aristocrats, military leaders, and statesmen from the Ancien Régime through the 19th century.
  • E. Oultremont family
    The Oultremont family is a Belgian noble lineage historically associated with the aristocracy of the Low Countries and connected by marriage to European royal circles.
  • 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_69aed93c69208190a4efac0efe3cd69b completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefbd4acb0819093bcffcd05ed8e6f completed March 9, 2026, 4:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b562ac25848190951431c9c853cc59 completed March 14, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5633103e081909dbe7a7e54877343 completed March 14, 2026, 1:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b563eca17c81908deff0d361a7be87 completed March 14, 2026, 1:34 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:38 p.m.