Triple
T490405
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Charles Proteus Steinmetz |
E9974
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableStudent |
P4838
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ernst J. Berg
Ernst J. Berg was an electrical engineer and educator known for his contributions to early radio engineering and for helping establish electrical engineering as an academic discipline in the United States.
|
E164911
|
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: Ernst J. Berg | Statement: [Charles Proteus Steinmetz, notableStudent, Ernst J. Berg]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernst J. Berg Context triple: [Charles Proteus Steinmetz, notableStudent, Ernst J. Berg]
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A.
Rudolf Garrels
Rudolf Garrels was an 18th-century Dutch organ builder known for constructing and maintaining notable church organs in the Netherlands.
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B.
Gustav Kleikamp
Gustav Kleikamp was a German naval officer and rear admiral in the Kriegsmarine during World War II, known for commanding forces in the opening attack on Poland.
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C.
Carl F. Wallin
Carl F. Wallin was an early 20th-century American businessman best known as the co-founder of the Nordstrom retail company.
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D.
Christian Heurich
Christian Heurich was a prominent German-American brewer and businessman in Washington, D.C., best known for founding the Christian Heurich Brewing Company and for his historic mansion that now serves as the Heurich House Museum.
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E.
Ernst Göhner
Ernst Göhner was a prominent Swiss entrepreneur and industrialist known for building a major construction and real estate empire and for his significant philanthropic legacy.
- 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: Ernst J. Berg Triple: [Charles Proteus Steinmetz, notableStudent, Ernst J. Berg]
Generated description
Ernst J. Berg was an electrical engineer and educator known for his contributions to early radio engineering and for helping establish electrical engineering as an academic discipline in the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernst J. Berg Target entity description: Ernst J. Berg was an electrical engineer and educator known for his contributions to early radio engineering and for helping establish electrical engineering as an academic discipline in the United States.
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A.
Rudolf Garrels
Rudolf Garrels was an 18th-century Dutch organ builder known for constructing and maintaining notable church organs in the Netherlands.
-
B.
Gustav Kleikamp
Gustav Kleikamp was a German naval officer and rear admiral in the Kriegsmarine during World War II, known for commanding forces in the opening attack on Poland.
-
C.
Carl F. Wallin
Carl F. Wallin was an early 20th-century American businessman best known as the co-founder of the Nordstrom retail company.
-
D.
Christian Heurich
Christian Heurich was a prominent German-American brewer and businessman in Washington, D.C., best known for founding the Christian Heurich Brewing Company and for his historic mansion that now serves as the Heurich House Museum.
-
E.
Ernst Göhner
Ernst Göhner was a prominent Swiss entrepreneur and industrialist known for building a major construction and real estate empire and for his significant philanthropic legacy.
- 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_69a2e802e2908190ab17c9479e0b6412 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f0e22a308190b04d12974fd08a38 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad089201a08190a84c7d8f32238297 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:26 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad09206e988190ad76f8beaa8f9fe6 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:29 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad0a30bcdc81908090d6a094ece0f4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:33 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.