Triple

T793373
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gustav Kirchhoff E16963 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Franz Ernst Neumann
Franz Ernst Neumann was a 19th-century German physicist and mathematician known for foundational contributions to mathematical physics and optics, and for mentoring influential scientists such as Gustav Kirchhoff.
E102481 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: Franz Ernst Neumann | Statement: [Gustav Kirchhoff, doctoralAdvisor, Franz Ernst Neumann]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Franz Ernst Neumann
Context triple: [Gustav Kirchhoff, doctoralAdvisor, Franz Ernst Neumann]
  • A. Franz Hilbert
    Franz Hilbert was the son of the influential German mathematician David Hilbert.
  • B. Julius Plücker
    Julius Plücker was a 19th-century German mathematician and physicist known for his pioneering work in analytic and projective geometry as well as early contributions to spectroscopy.
  • C. Hugo von Seeliger
    Hugo von Seeliger was a prominent German astronomer known for his influential work in celestial mechanics and theoretical astronomy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Josef Stefan
    Josef Stefan was a 19th-century Austrian physicist best known for formulating the Stefan–Boltzmann law relating the temperature of a black body to its radiant energy.
  • E. Gustav von Seyffertitz
    Gustav von Seyffertitz was a German-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his distinctive aristocratic and often villainous roles in Hollywood cinema.
  • 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: Franz Ernst Neumann
Triple: [Gustav Kirchhoff, doctoralAdvisor, Franz Ernst Neumann]
Generated description
Franz Ernst Neumann was a 19th-century German physicist and mathematician known for foundational contributions to mathematical physics and optics, and for mentoring influential scientists such as Gustav Kirchhoff.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Franz Ernst Neumann
Target entity description: Franz Ernst Neumann was a 19th-century German physicist and mathematician known for foundational contributions to mathematical physics and optics, and for mentoring influential scientists such as Gustav Kirchhoff.
  • A. Franz Hilbert
    Franz Hilbert was the son of the influential German mathematician David Hilbert.
  • B. Julius Plücker
    Julius Plücker was a 19th-century German mathematician and physicist known for his pioneering work in analytic and projective geometry as well as early contributions to spectroscopy.
  • C. Hugo von Seeliger
    Hugo von Seeliger was a prominent German astronomer known for his influential work in celestial mechanics and theoretical astronomy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Josef Stefan
    Josef Stefan was a 19th-century Austrian physicist best known for formulating the Stefan–Boltzmann law relating the temperature of a black body to its radiant energy.
  • E. Gustav von Seyffertitz
    Gustav von Seyffertitz was a German-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his distinctive aristocratic and often villainous roles in Hollywood cinema.
  • 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_69a4936cb7448190914f5fe4b8d81607 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a79a3bbc81908d818c50a366b0f8 completed March 1, 2026, 8:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7a3afbb0c8190b4e7aa7824c8b787 completed March 4, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7a6b6741081908d14a974a7f55fbc completed March 4, 2026, 3:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7a8ad0c2c8190921ace3db1cd2608 completed March 4, 2026, 3:36 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.