Triple

T4451390
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Trial E97615 entity
Predicate protagonist P268 FINISHED
Object Josef K.
Josef K. is the bewildered bank clerk at the center of Franz Kafka's novel "The Trial," whose unexplained arrest and futile struggle against an opaque legal system embody themes of alienation and bureaucratic absurdity.
 E439656 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: Josef K. | Statement: [The Trial, protagonist, Josef K.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Josef K.
Context triple: [The Trial, protagonist, Josef K.]
  • A. Zhozef Kotin
    Zhozef Kotin was a prominent Soviet tank designer best known for leading the development of several heavy tanks used during World War II.
  • B. Josef Naus
    Josef Naus was a 19th-century Bavarian surveyor and mountaineer best known for leading the first recorded ascent of Germany’s highest peak, the Zugspitze.
  • C. Josef Jennewein
    Josef Jennewein was a German World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace and former Olympic alpine skier.
  • D. Josef Swickard
    Josef Swickard was a German-born American character actor of the silent film era, known for his numerous supporting roles in early Hollywood cinema.
  • E. Victor Kugler
    Victor Kugler was one of the Dutch helpers who risked his life to hide Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
  • 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: Josef K.
Triple: [The Trial, protagonist, Josef K.]
Generated description
Josef K. is the bewildered bank clerk at the center of Franz Kafka's novel "The Trial," whose unexplained arrest and futile struggle against an opaque legal system embody themes of alienation and bureaucratic absurdity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Josef K.
Target entity description: Josef K. is the bewildered bank clerk at the center of Franz Kafka's novel "The Trial," whose unexplained arrest and futile struggle against an opaque legal system embody themes of alienation and bureaucratic absurdity.
  • A. Zhozef Kotin
    Zhozef Kotin was a prominent Soviet tank designer best known for leading the development of several heavy tanks used during World War II.
  • B. Josef Naus
    Josef Naus was a 19th-century Bavarian surveyor and mountaineer best known for leading the first recorded ascent of Germany’s highest peak, the Zugspitze.
  • C. Josef Jennewein
    Josef Jennewein was a German World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace and former Olympic alpine skier.
  • D. Josef Swickard
    Josef Swickard was a German-born American character actor of the silent film era, known for his numerous supporting roles in early Hollywood cinema.
  • E. Victor Kugler
    Victor Kugler was one of the Dutch helpers who risked his life to hide Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
  • 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_69b3454777808190b78aa9047ba1f018 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b355f3731c81909cc5a782b12ddd38 completed March 13, 2026, 12:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b6138b6c8c8190a21ad00fb230c0f0 completed March 15, 2026, 2:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b61465bb4081908a638a908c31c489 completed March 15, 2026, 2:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b6156db4a081909054f7db172315e9 completed March 15, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:33 p.m.