Triple
T736967
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | St. Thomas Aquinas |
E14954
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Karl Rahner
Karl Rahner was a 20th-century German Jesuit priest and theologian whose transcendental and existential approach to Catholic theology made him one of the most influential thinkers of the Second Vatican Council.
|
E90646
|
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: Karl Rahner | Statement: [St. Thomas Aquinas, influenced, Karl Rahner]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Rahner Context triple: [St. Thomas Aquinas, influenced, Karl Rahner]
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A.
Gustaf Aulén
Gustaf Aulén was a Swedish Lutheran theologian and bishop best known for reviving and systematizing the classic “Christus Victor” understanding of Christ’s atonement in 20th-century theology.
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B.
Étienne Gilson
Étienne Gilson was a prominent 20th-century French philosopher and historian of medieval thought, renowned as a leading neo-Thomist and scholar of Christian philosophy.
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C.
Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster
Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster, was a powerful 17th-century prince-bishop and military leader known for his aggressive campaigns and significant role in the Dutch Rampjaar of 1672.
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D.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a French Jesuit priest, paleontologist, and philosopher known for integrating evolutionary science with Christian theology and proposing the concept of the Omega Point.
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E.
Joseph Ratzinger Sr.
Joseph Ratzinger Sr. was a Bavarian police officer best known as the father of Joseph Ratzinger, who became Pope Benedict XVI.
- 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: Karl Rahner Triple: [St. Thomas Aquinas, influenced, Karl Rahner]
Generated description
Karl Rahner was a 20th-century German Jesuit priest and theologian whose transcendental and existential approach to Catholic theology made him one of the most influential thinkers of the Second Vatican Council.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Rahner Target entity description: Karl Rahner was a 20th-century German Jesuit priest and theologian whose transcendental and existential approach to Catholic theology made him one of the most influential thinkers of the Second Vatican Council.
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A.
Gustaf Aulén
Gustaf Aulén was a Swedish Lutheran theologian and bishop best known for reviving and systematizing the classic “Christus Victor” understanding of Christ’s atonement in 20th-century theology.
-
B.
Étienne Gilson
Étienne Gilson was a prominent 20th-century French philosopher and historian of medieval thought, renowned as a leading neo-Thomist and scholar of Christian philosophy.
-
C.
Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster
Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster, was a powerful 17th-century prince-bishop and military leader known for his aggressive campaigns and significant role in the Dutch Rampjaar of 1672.
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D.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a French Jesuit priest, paleontologist, and philosopher known for integrating evolutionary science with Christian theology and proposing the concept of the Omega Point.
-
E.
Joseph Ratzinger Sr.
Joseph Ratzinger Sr. was a Bavarian police officer best known as the father of Joseph Ratzinger, who became Pope Benedict XVI.
- 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_69a4934d9930819099eed80096b0597d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a5effc108190aea8fbe86641ba54 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a65e3df8e48190905f89acbf7f3667 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 4:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a663f6db448190b82c18393b6c7a3c |
completed | March 3, 2026, 4:30 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a6646c5d3c81909b51268eaf8d14be |
completed | March 3, 2026, 4:32 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.