Triple

T469645
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Heidelberg Catechism E8526 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object Zacharias Ursinus
Zacharias Ursinus was a 16th-century German Reformed theologian and key architect of Reformed doctrine, best known for his central role in composing the Heidelberg Catechism.
E61499 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: Zacharias Ursinus | Statement: [Heidelberg Catechism, author, Zacharias Ursinus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zacharias Ursinus
Context triple: [Heidelberg Catechism, author, Zacharias Ursinus]
  • A. William Ames
    William Ames was an influential early 17th-century English Puritan theologian and moral philosopher whose writings helped shape Reformed and Puritan thought in England and New England.
  • B. Martin Bucer
    Martin Bucer was a leading 16th-century Protestant Reformer from Strasbourg known for his efforts to mediate between different branches of the Reformation and influence figures like John Calvin.
  • C. Theodore Beza
    Theodore Beza was a 16th-century French Reformed theologian and scholar who succeeded John Calvin as the leading figure of the Reformed Church in Geneva and a key systematizer of Calvinist doctrine.
  • D. Jacobus Arminius
    Jacobus Arminius was a Dutch Reformed theologian whose views on free will and predestination gave rise to the theological movement known as Arminianism.
  • E. Philip Melanchthon
    Philip Melanchthon was a leading German humanist, theologian, and collaborator of Martin Luther who systematized Protestant theology and played a central role in shaping the intellectual foundations of the Reformation.
  • 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: Zacharias Ursinus
Triple: [Heidelberg Catechism, author, Zacharias Ursinus]
Generated description
Zacharias Ursinus was a 16th-century German Reformed theologian and key architect of Reformed doctrine, best known for his central role in composing the Heidelberg Catechism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zacharias Ursinus
Target entity description: Zacharias Ursinus was a 16th-century German Reformed theologian and key architect of Reformed doctrine, best known for his central role in composing the Heidelberg Catechism.
  • A. William Ames
    William Ames was an influential early 17th-century English Puritan theologian and moral philosopher whose writings helped shape Reformed and Puritan thought in England and New England.
  • B. Martin Bucer
    Martin Bucer was a leading 16th-century Protestant Reformer from Strasbourg known for his efforts to mediate between different branches of the Reformation and influence figures like John Calvin.
  • C. Theodore Beza
    Theodore Beza was a 16th-century French Reformed theologian and scholar who succeeded John Calvin as the leading figure of the Reformed Church in Geneva and a key systematizer of Calvinist doctrine.
  • D. Jacobus Arminius
    Jacobus Arminius was a Dutch Reformed theologian whose views on free will and predestination gave rise to the theological movement known as Arminianism.
  • E. Philip Melanchthon
    Philip Melanchthon was a leading German humanist, theologian, and collaborator of Martin Luther who systematized Protestant theology and played a central role in shaping the intellectual foundations of the Reformation.
  • 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_69a2e7f3aeb48190a19453e3a043f486 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2efee0ea0819099d87f3727c03bc7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a47d28632c819081dcf47c7c68451f completed March 1, 2026, 5:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a47dbc63988190ac30e33a705c25db completed March 1, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a47e0f13e881909d748a974aaad326 completed March 1, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.