Triple

T9111466
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mann family E218609 entity
Predicate hasSiblingAuthors P86555 FINISHED
Object Thomas Mann and Heinrich Mann
Thomas Mann and Heinrich Mann were prominent German novelist brothers whose works critically explored society, politics, and the bourgeois milieu in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E784687 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Thomas Mann and Heinrich Mann | Statement: [Mann family, hasSiblingAuthors, Thomas Mann and Heinrich Mann]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Mann and Heinrich Mann
Context triple: [Mann family, hasSiblingAuthors, Thomas Mann and Heinrich Mann]
  • A. Heinrich Mann
    Heinrich Mann was a prominent German novelist and essayist known for his socially critical works and opposition to authoritarianism in the early 20th century.
  • B. Klaus Mann
    Klaus Mann was a German writer and outspoken anti-fascist intellectual, best known for his novel "Mephisto" and as a prominent member of the literary Mann family.
  • C. Thomas Mann
    Thomas Mann is an American actor known for his roles in films such as "Kong: Skull Island," "Project X," and "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl."
  • D. Thomas Mann
    Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, and essayist renowned for works like "Buddenbrooks" and "The Magic Mountain," which explore the psychology and moral crises of modern European society.
  • E. Alfred Döblin
    Alfred Döblin was a German novelist and physician best known for his modernist masterpiece "Berlin Alexanderplatz," which made him a central figure of Weimar-era literature.
  • 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: Thomas Mann and Heinrich Mann
Triple: [Mann family, hasSiblingAuthors, Thomas Mann and Heinrich Mann]
Generated description
Thomas Mann and Heinrich Mann were prominent German novelist brothers whose works critically explored society, politics, and the bourgeois milieu in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Mann and Heinrich Mann
Target entity description: Thomas Mann and Heinrich Mann were prominent German novelist brothers whose works critically explored society, politics, and the bourgeois milieu in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. Heinrich Mann
    Heinrich Mann was a prominent German novelist and essayist known for his socially critical works and opposition to authoritarianism in the early 20th century.
  • B. Klaus Mann
    Klaus Mann was a German writer and outspoken anti-fascist intellectual, best known for his novel "Mephisto" and as a prominent member of the literary Mann family.
  • C. Thomas Mann
    Thomas Mann is an American actor known for his roles in films such as "Kong: Skull Island," "Project X," and "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl."
  • D. Thomas Mann
    Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, and essayist renowned for works like "Buddenbrooks" and "The Magic Mountain," which explore the psychology and moral crises of modern European society.
  • E. Alfred Döblin
    Alfred Döblin was a German novelist and physician best known for his modernist masterpiece "Berlin Alexanderplatz," which made him a central figure of Weimar-era literature.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasSiblingAuthors
Context triple: [Mann family, hasSiblingAuthors, Thomas Mann and Heinrich Mann]
  • A. hasCoauthor
    Indicates that two or more entities have jointly authored the same work or publication.
  • B. hasAuthorRelationship
    Indicates a relationship where one entity serves as the author or creator of another entity (such as a work, document, or resource).
  • C. hasSisterPublication
    Indicates that one publication is related to another as a sister publication, typically under the same parent organization or closely associated in scope or branding.
  • D. coAuthorAlsoWrote
    Indicates that a person who is a co-author of one work also wrote another work, linking shared authorship across multiple creations.
  • E. hasAuthor
    Indicates that an entity is written or created by a specific author.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69ca83dc94ac8190b9ef42684d36ff39 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cca8495c448190b9bb3803fb2dda70 completed April 1, 2026, 5:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d065c40d008190940309772b89a900 completed April 4, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d066f0aa588190997de81afd8dc0b5 completed April 4, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d067e17fac819095544182f3232bf5 completed April 4, 2026, 1:22 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69cc65fe5be081909d4470d6317b14a6 completed April 1, 2026, 12:25 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69cc66d7bf648190b8bff5b584b84975 completed April 1, 2026, 12:29 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:16 p.m.