Triple

T5690546
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Middle Chinese E125417 entity
Predicate reconstructedBy P972 FINISHED
Object Bernhard Karlgren
Bernhard Karlgren was a pioneering Swedish sinologist and linguist known for his influential reconstructions of ancient Chinese phonology and historical Chinese dialects.
 E541873 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: Bernhard Karlgren | Statement: [Middle Chinese, reconstructedBy, Bernhard Karlgren]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bernhard Karlgren
Context triple: [Middle Chinese, reconstructedBy, Bernhard Karlgren]
  • A. Bernhard Heisig
    Bernhard Heisig was a prominent German painter and graphic artist associated with the Leipzig School, known for his expressive, often politically charged works reflecting on German history and the legacy of war.
  • B. Wilhelm Dörpfeld
    Wilhelm Dörpfeld was a German archaeologist and architectural historian renowned for his pioneering excavation methods and influential work at ancient sites such as Troy and Olympia.
  • C. Hao Wang
    Hao Wang was a Chinese-American logician and philosopher known for his influential work on the foundations of mathematics, computability theory, and his close intellectual association with Kurt Gödel.
  • D. Wolfram Eberhard
    Wolfram Eberhard was a German sociologist and sinologist known for his influential studies on Chinese society, folklore, and comparative civilization.
  • E. Joseph Greenberg
    Joseph Greenberg was an influential American linguist best known for his work on language classification and universals, including proposing major language families such as Nilo-Saharan.
  • 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: Bernhard Karlgren
Triple: [Middle Chinese, reconstructedBy, Bernhard Karlgren]
Generated description
Bernhard Karlgren was a pioneering Swedish sinologist and linguist known for his influential reconstructions of ancient Chinese phonology and historical Chinese dialects.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bernhard Karlgren
Target entity description: Bernhard Karlgren was a pioneering Swedish sinologist and linguist known for his influential reconstructions of ancient Chinese phonology and historical Chinese dialects.
  • A. Bernhard Heisig
    Bernhard Heisig was a prominent German painter and graphic artist associated with the Leipzig School, known for his expressive, often politically charged works reflecting on German history and the legacy of war.
  • B. Wilhelm Dörpfeld
    Wilhelm Dörpfeld was a German archaeologist and architectural historian renowned for his pioneering excavation methods and influential work at ancient sites such as Troy and Olympia.
  • C. Hao Wang
    Hao Wang was a Chinese-American logician and philosopher known for his influential work on the foundations of mathematics, computability theory, and his close intellectual association with Kurt Gödel.
  • D. Wolfram Eberhard
    Wolfram Eberhard was a German sociologist and sinologist known for his influential studies on Chinese society, folklore, and comparative civilization.
  • E. Joseph Greenberg
    Joseph Greenberg was an influential American linguist best known for his work on language classification and universals, including proposing major language families such as Nilo-Saharan.
  • 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_69c0082bb19c8190823a4facd3cba79b completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c023e340a08190b6175fad3e9a32b6 completed March 22, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c05a47457c8190bc75f11a7f011a8a completed March 22, 2026, 9:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c05dc222e88190a1d715392ae24f08 completed March 22, 2026, 9:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0620ee1848190935f5f78abbed7ba completed March 22, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:44 p.m.