Triple

T40831
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Angela Merkel E805 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Joachim Sauer
Joachim Sauer is a German quantum chemist and professor known both for his research in theoretical chemistry and for being married to former Chancellor Angela Merkel.
E8441 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: Joachim Sauer | Statement: [Angela Merkel, spouse, Joachim Sauer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joachim Sauer
Context triple: [Angela Merkel, spouse, Joachim Sauer]
  • A. Georg Stumme
    Georg Stumme was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who briefly commanded Axis forces in North Africa before his death early in the Second Battle of El Alamein.
  • B. Olaf Kölzig
    Olaf Kölzig is a former German-Canadian NHL goaltender best known for his long, standout career with the Washington Capitals, including winning the Vezina Trophy in 2000.
  • C. Guillermo del Toro
    Guillermo del Toro is an acclaimed Mexican filmmaker known for his visually rich, genre-blending fantasy and horror films such as Pan's Labyrinth and The Shape of Water.
  • D. Yurii Rubinsky
    Yurii Rubinsky was a pioneering Canadian technologist, publisher, and early advocate of SGML and open digital standards who significantly influenced the development of electronic publishing.
  • E. Detlev W. Bronk
    Detlev W. Bronk was an influential American scientist and educator known as a pioneer of biophysics and a prominent leader in national science policy.
  • 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: Joachim Sauer
Triple: [Angela Merkel, spouse, Joachim Sauer]
Generated description
Joachim Sauer is a German quantum chemist and professor known both for his research in theoretical chemistry and for being married to former Chancellor Angela Merkel.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joachim Sauer
Target entity description: Joachim Sauer is a German quantum chemist and professor known both for his research in theoretical chemistry and for being married to former Chancellor Angela Merkel.
  • A. Georg Stumme
    Georg Stumme was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who briefly commanded Axis forces in North Africa before his death early in the Second Battle of El Alamein.
  • B. Olaf Kölzig
    Olaf Kölzig is a former German-Canadian NHL goaltender best known for his long, standout career with the Washington Capitals, including winning the Vezina Trophy in 2000.
  • C. Guillermo del Toro
    Guillermo del Toro is an acclaimed Mexican filmmaker known for his visually rich, genre-blending fantasy and horror films such as Pan's Labyrinth and The Shape of Water.
  • D. Yurii Rubinsky
    Yurii Rubinsky was a pioneering Canadian technologist, publisher, and early advocate of SGML and open digital standards who significantly influenced the development of electronic publishing.
  • E. Detlev W. Bronk
    Detlev W. Bronk was an influential American scientist and educator known as a pioneer of biophysics and a prominent leader in national science policy.
  • 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_69a247a8f6c08190bac804906d62ed5a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24ae0b7c4819092220568e8e52ad5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2623b6bb881909bcafff1aeb536e4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a263865a9c81909fc29ddebe967035 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2644c9b8c8190a0da41b3e1e1dd47 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:43 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 a.m.