Triple

T5781850
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Henry Perkin E127575 entity
Predicate studentOf P48 FINISHED
Object August Wilhelm von Hofmann
August Wilhelm von Hofmann was a prominent 19th-century German chemist known for his pioneering work in organic chemistry, especially on aniline dyes and amines, and for his influential role as a teacher and organizer of chemical research.
E545313 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: August Wilhelm von Hofmann | Statement: [William Henry Perkin, studentOf, August Wilhelm von Hofmann]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: August Wilhelm von Hofmann
Context triple: [William Henry Perkin, studentOf, August Wilhelm von Hofmann]
  • A. Adolf von Baeyer
    Adolf von Baeyer was a German chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in organic chemistry, including the synthesis of indigo dye and contributions to the understanding of aromatic compounds.
  • B. Friedrich Wöhler
    Friedrich Wöhler was a pioneering 19th-century German chemist best known for synthesizing urea from inorganic compounds, a landmark achievement that helped establish modern organic chemistry.
  • C. Hermann Fehling
    Hermann Fehling was a German architect known for his influential modernist and postwar building designs.
  • D. Heinrich von Liebieg
    Heinrich von Liebieg was a prominent German industrialist and art patron whose collection and philanthropy significantly supported cultural institutions in Germany.
  • E. Hermann Carl Vogel
    Hermann Carl Vogel was a 19th-century German astronomer renowned for pioneering spectroscopic methods to measure the radial velocities of stars.
  • 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: August Wilhelm von Hofmann
Triple: [William Henry Perkin, studentOf, August Wilhelm von Hofmann]
Generated description
August Wilhelm von Hofmann was a prominent 19th-century German chemist known for his pioneering work in organic chemistry, especially on aniline dyes and amines, and for his influential role as a teacher and organizer of chemical research.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: August Wilhelm von Hofmann
Target entity description: August Wilhelm von Hofmann was a prominent 19th-century German chemist known for his pioneering work in organic chemistry, especially on aniline dyes and amines, and for his influential role as a teacher and organizer of chemical research.
  • A. Adolf von Baeyer
    Adolf von Baeyer was a German chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in organic chemistry, including the synthesis of indigo dye and contributions to the understanding of aromatic compounds.
  • B. Friedrich Wöhler
    Friedrich Wöhler was a pioneering 19th-century German chemist best known for synthesizing urea from inorganic compounds, a landmark achievement that helped establish modern organic chemistry.
  • C. Hermann Fehling
    Hermann Fehling was a German architect known for his influential modernist and postwar building designs.
  • D. Heinrich von Liebieg
    Heinrich von Liebieg was a prominent German industrialist and art patron whose collection and philanthropy significantly supported cultural institutions in Germany.
  • E. Hermann Carl Vogel
    Hermann Carl Vogel was a 19th-century German astronomer renowned for pioneering spectroscopic methods to measure the radial velocities of stars.
  • 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_69c008361fa88190aefa4dc41b051e7f completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02a17315881908aa12a830ba5f22b completed March 22, 2026, 5:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c07e7773888190bd8c3e1d7df62f5c completed March 22, 2026, 11:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c086cd0904819089dbacd6c948abec completed March 23, 2026, 12:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0873661788190847751ba82975e82 completed March 23, 2026, 12:20 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:50 p.m.