Triple

T43924
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject West Germany E862 entity
Predicate lastPresident P3069 FINISHED
Object Richard von Weizsäcker
Richard von Weizsäcker was a prominent German statesman and Christian Democratic Union politician who served as President of Germany during the pivotal years of reunification.
E20517 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Richard von Weizsäcker | Statement: [West Germany, lastPresident, Richard von Weizsäcker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard von Weizsäcker
Context triple: [West Germany, lastPresident, Richard von Weizsäcker]
  • A. Ulrich Merkel
    Ulrich Merkel is a German physicist best known as the first husband of former German chancellor Angela Merkel.
  • B. Eberhard Schöngarth
    Eberhard Schöngarth was a high-ranking Nazi SS and police leader involved in war crimes and the Holocaust, including participation in the Wannsee Conference.
  • C. Lutz Zülicke
    Lutz Zülicke is a German physicist and academic best known for supervising Angela Merkel’s doctoral research in quantum chemistry.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Rudolf Lange
    Rudolf Lange was a high-ranking SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator who played a key role in mass shootings in Latvia and participated in the Wannsee Conference that coordinated the "Final Solution."
  • 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: Richard von Weizsäcker
Triple: [West Germany, lastPresident, Richard von Weizsäcker]
Generated description
Richard von Weizsäcker was a prominent German statesman and Christian Democratic Union politician who served as President of Germany during the pivotal years of reunification.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard von Weizsäcker
Target entity description: Richard von Weizsäcker was a prominent German statesman and Christian Democratic Union politician who served as President of Germany during the pivotal years of reunification.
  • A. Ulrich Merkel
    Ulrich Merkel is a German physicist best known as the first husband of former German chancellor Angela Merkel.
  • B. Eberhard Schöngarth
    Eberhard Schöngarth was a high-ranking Nazi SS and police leader involved in war crimes and the Holocaust, including participation in the Wannsee Conference.
  • C. Lutz Zülicke
    Lutz Zülicke is a German physicist and academic best known for supervising Angela Merkel’s doctoral research in quantum chemistry.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Rudolf Lange
    Rudolf Lange was a high-ranking SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator who played a key role in mass shootings in Latvia and participated in the Wannsee Conference that coordinated the "Final Solution."
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: lastPresident
Context triple: [West Germany, lastPresident, Richard von Weizsäcker]
  • A. presidentElect
    Indicates that one entity has been elected to be president of another entity (such as a country or organization) but has not yet assumed the office.
  • B. hasPresident
    Indicates that an entity holds the position or role of president for another entity.
  • C. presidentInaugurated
    Indicates that an individual formally assumes the office of president through an official inauguration event at a specific time and place.
  • D. servedAsPresidentDuring
    Indicates that a person held the office of president for the duration of a specified time period or event.
  • E. hasIncumbentPresidentCandidate
    Indicates that a political entity (such as a party, election, or race) has a current office-holding president running as a candidate in that contest.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69a24c083ad081909c1122c8fb29efdc completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2db4f527c819094ab6b1705358022 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2dbe74360819088144588457c40f6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2dca71f0c819091bffb34a2dc0b90 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a24aba9a2c81909f769a8f22e30c92 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:54 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a24c0794c0819095509d970e05fc0f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 a.m.