Triple

T6435720
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject German Kamerun E129888 entity
Predicate establishedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Gustav Nachtigal
Gustav Nachtigal was a 19th-century German explorer and colonial administrator known for his expeditions in Central and West Africa and his role in establishing German colonial rule there.
E610006 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: Gustav Nachtigal | Statement: [German Kamerun, establishedBy, Gustav Nachtigal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gustav Nachtigal
Context triple: [German Kamerun, establishedBy, Gustav Nachtigal]
  • A. Heinrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron
    Heinrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who briefly commanded armored forces in the early stages of the conflict before being killed in action in 1941.
  • B. Albrecht von Roon
    Albrecht von Roon was a Prussian general and statesman who, alongside Bismarck and Moltke, played a key role in modernizing the Prussian Army and enabling Germany’s unification through military victories in the mid-19th century.
  • C. Ludwig von Falkenhausen
    Ludwig von Falkenhausen was a German general of the Imperial German Army during World War I, known for commanding forces on the Western Front, including during major battles such as Vimy Ridge.
  • D. Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk
    Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk was a German politician who served as finance minister under the Nazi regime and briefly headed the Flensburg government after Hitler’s death.
  • E. Heinrich von Lüttwitz
    Heinrich von Lüttwitz was a German Wehrmacht general and armored warfare commander during World War II, noted for leading panzer units on the Western Front.
  • 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: Gustav Nachtigal
Triple: [German Kamerun, establishedBy, Gustav Nachtigal]
Generated description
Gustav Nachtigal was a 19th-century German explorer and colonial administrator known for his expeditions in Central and West Africa and his role in establishing German colonial rule there.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gustav Nachtigal
Target entity description: Gustav Nachtigal was a 19th-century German explorer and colonial administrator known for his expeditions in Central and West Africa and his role in establishing German colonial rule there.
  • A. Heinrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron
    Heinrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who briefly commanded armored forces in the early stages of the conflict before being killed in action in 1941.
  • B. Albrecht von Roon
    Albrecht von Roon was a Prussian general and statesman who, alongside Bismarck and Moltke, played a key role in modernizing the Prussian Army and enabling Germany’s unification through military victories in the mid-19th century.
  • C. Ludwig von Falkenhausen
    Ludwig von Falkenhausen was a German general of the Imperial German Army during World War I, known for commanding forces on the Western Front, including during major battles such as Vimy Ridge.
  • D. Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk
    Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk was a German politician who served as finance minister under the Nazi regime and briefly headed the Flensburg government after Hitler’s death.
  • E. Heinrich von Lüttwitz
    Heinrich von Lüttwitz was a German Wehrmacht general and armored warfare commander during World War II, noted for leading panzer units on the Western Front.
  • 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_69c0084caac48190a7bc2ad8ba44536f completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c069415c3c8190b91bd12ae79edd26 completed March 22, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6eec623c081908352580b64218ec4 completed March 27, 2026, 8:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6f09ea58c8190bfd8a183581b5a5a completed March 27, 2026, 9:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6f1a0935881908afc30ce76bdf76f completed March 27, 2026, 9:07 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:45 p.m.