Triple

T8253136
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Spies E193003 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Wilhelm Spies
Wilhelm Spies is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Spies, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
 E729240 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: Wilhelm Spies | Statement: [Spies, hasNotableBearer, Wilhelm Spies]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Wilhelm Spies
Context triple: [Spies, hasNotableBearer, Wilhelm Spies]
  • A. Johannes Spies
    Johannes Spies was a 16th-century German printer and publisher in Frankfurt, best known for issuing the influential 1587 chapbook on the legend of Doctor Faustus.
  • B. Friedrich Spies
    Friedrich Spies is a notable individual who shares his surname with others recognized under the name Spies.
  • C. Hans Spies
    Hans Spies is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Spies.
  • D. Gerrit Maritz
    Gerrit Maritz was a prominent early 19th-century Boer leader and wagoner who played a key role in the Great Trek and the establishment of Voortrekker settlements in southern Africa.
  • E. Heinrich Krüger
    Heinrich Krüger is a notable individual who bears the German surname Krüger, recognized enough to be specifically cited among its prominent holders.
  • 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: Wilhelm Spies
Triple: [Spies, hasNotableBearer, Wilhelm Spies]
Generated description
Wilhelm Spies is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Spies, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Wilhelm Spies
Target entity description: Wilhelm Spies is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Spies, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
  • A. Johannes Spies
    Johannes Spies was a 16th-century German printer and publisher in Frankfurt, best known for issuing the influential 1587 chapbook on the legend of Doctor Faustus.
  • B. Friedrich Spies
    Friedrich Spies is a notable individual who shares his surname with others recognized under the name Spies.
  • C. Hans Spies
    Hans Spies is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Spies.
  • D. Gerrit Maritz
    Gerrit Maritz was a prominent early 19th-century Boer leader and wagoner who played a key role in the Great Trek and the establishment of Voortrekker settlements in southern Africa.
  • E. Heinrich Krüger
    Heinrich Krüger is a notable individual who bears the German surname Krüger, recognized enough to be specifically cited among its prominent holders.
  • 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_69ca82dfad9c8190b8cd18fb89f50f40 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb78cbc7cc81909931440e95d6e691 completed March 31, 2026, 7:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cde74c4e6c8190a426139f71689a3e completed April 2, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdeb1fa7308190810b1fcc2184374a completed April 2, 2026, 4:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cdec3081d88190ad0699f9072d3fc7 completed April 2, 2026, 4:10 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:48 p.m.