Triple

T718351
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Reid Hoffman E14359 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Hoffman
Hoffman is a common German-origin surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as business, entertainment, science, and politics.
 E85402 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: Hoffman | Statement: [Reid Hoffman, familyName, Hoffman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hoffman
Context triple: [Reid Hoffman, familyName, Hoffman]
  • A. Elliott
    Elliott is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as both a first name and a surname.
  • B. Krafft
    Krafft is a variant spelling of the surname Kraft, which is of German origin and borne by various notable individuals.
  • C. Blaustein
    Blaustein is a municipality in the Alb-Donau district of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany, situated near the city of Ulm.
  • D. Herman
    Herman is a surname most notably associated with Edward S. Herman, an American economist, media analyst, and critic of U.S. foreign policy.
  • E. Herman
    Herman is the given name of Belgian politician Herman De Croo, a long-serving liberal statesman and former President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
  • 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: Hoffman
Triple: [Reid Hoffman, familyName, Hoffman]
Generated description
Hoffman is a common German-origin surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as business, entertainment, science, and politics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hoffman
Target entity description: Hoffman is a common German-origin surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as business, entertainment, science, and politics.
  • A. Elliott
    Elliott is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as both a first name and a surname.
  • B. Krafft
    Krafft is a variant spelling of the surname Kraft, which is of German origin and borne by various notable individuals.
  • C. Blaustein
    Blaustein is a municipality in the Alb-Donau district of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany, situated near the city of Ulm.
  • D. Herman
    Herman is a surname most notably associated with Edward S. Herman, an American economist, media analyst, and critic of U.S. foreign policy.
  • E. Herman
    Herman is the given name of Belgian politician Herman De Croo, a long-serving liberal statesman and former President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
  • 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_69a4934a36e081909e7abef98b898a4e completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a577658881909c12951d63d96377 completed March 1, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a5dcb77bc481909d79542001fafbd2 completed March 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5de57bbec81908a5d1202299194f4 completed March 2, 2026, 7 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a60952c6388190a23a178d695eec6e completed March 2, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.