Triple

T17215492
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul Celan E417841 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object John Felstiner
John Felstiner was an American literary scholar, critic, and translator best known for his influential English translations and critical studies of German-language poet Paul Celan.
E1257924 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: John Felstiner | Statement: [Paul Celan, influenced, John Felstiner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Felstiner
Context triple: [Paul Celan, influenced, John Felstiner]
  • A. Richard S. Fuld Jr.
    Richard S. Fuld Jr. is an American banker best known as the longtime CEO of Lehman Brothers during its collapse in the 2008 financial crisis.
  • B. Eric Packer
    Eric Packer is the billionaire asset manager protagonist of Don DeLillo’s novel "Cosmopolis," whose limousine-bound journey across Manhattan exposes his psychological unraveling amid the chaos of global capitalism.
  • C. Kenneth G. Langone
    Kenneth G. Langone is an American billionaire businessman, investor, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Home Depot and a major benefactor of New York University.
  • D. Gerald Levin
    Gerald Levin is an American media executive best known for leading Time Warner as CEO and orchestrating its landmark merger with AOL.
  • E. John Donahoe
    John Donahoe is an American business executive best known as the CEO of Nike, Inc. and former CEO of eBay and ServiceNow.
  • 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: John Felstiner
Triple: [Paul Celan, influenced, John Felstiner]
Generated description
John Felstiner was an American literary scholar, critic, and translator best known for his influential English translations and critical studies of German-language poet Paul Celan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Felstiner
Target entity description: John Felstiner was an American literary scholar, critic, and translator best known for his influential English translations and critical studies of German-language poet Paul Celan.
  • A. Richard S. Fuld Jr.
    Richard S. Fuld Jr. is an American banker best known as the longtime CEO of Lehman Brothers during its collapse in the 2008 financial crisis.
  • B. Eric Packer
    Eric Packer is the billionaire asset manager protagonist of Don DeLillo’s novel "Cosmopolis," whose limousine-bound journey across Manhattan exposes his psychological unraveling amid the chaos of global capitalism.
  • C. Kenneth G. Langone
    Kenneth G. Langone is an American billionaire businessman, investor, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Home Depot and a major benefactor of New York University.
  • D. Gerald Levin
    Gerald Levin is an American media executive best known for leading Time Warner as CEO and orchestrating its landmark merger with AOL.
  • E. John Donahoe
    John Donahoe is an American business executive best known as the CEO of Nike, Inc. and former CEO of eBay and ServiceNow.
  • 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_69d886d779488190b131369541c04e7d completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e42dc9f96881909eb86786a76e17e4 completed April 19, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a016751a5788190a385774d1ff002d0 completed May 11, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a016846e8248190b9209bb344396bfa completed May 11, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0168b535a88190b8c84c76871ae2fe completed May 11, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:38 a.m.