Triple

T18129275
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wladimir Köppen E433965 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object German Naval Observatory
The German Naval Observatory was a German maritime research and navigation institution responsible for providing scientific data, charts, and guidance to support the operations and safety of the Imperial German Navy and merchant marine.
 E1308483 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: German Naval Observatory | Statement: [Wladimir Köppen, employer, German Naval Observatory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: German Naval Observatory
Context triple: [Wladimir Köppen, employer, German Naval Observatory]
  • A. Hamburg Observatory
    Hamburg Observatory is a historic astronomical research institution in Germany known for its significant contributions to observational astronomy and telescope development.
  • B. Bonn Observatory
    Bonn Observatory is a historic German astronomical observatory in Bonn, renowned for its 19th-century stellar cataloging and contributions to positional astronomy.
  • C. Leipzig Observatory
    Leipzig Observatory was a prominent 19th-century astronomical institution in Leipzig, Germany, known for its contributions to observational astronomy and celestial discoveries.
  • D. German Meteorological Service observatory in Potsdam
    The German Meteorological Service observatory in Potsdam is a major weather and climate research station operated by Germany’s national meteorological service on the Telegrafenberg science campus.
  • E. Munich Observatory
    Munich Observatory is a historic astronomical research institution in Munich, Germany, known for its contributions to celestial mechanics and stellar astronomy.
  • 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: German Naval Observatory
Triple: [Wladimir Köppen, employer, German Naval Observatory]
Generated description
The German Naval Observatory was a German maritime research and navigation institution responsible for providing scientific data, charts, and guidance to support the operations and safety of the Imperial German Navy and merchant marine.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: German Naval Observatory
Target entity description: The German Naval Observatory was a German maritime research and navigation institution responsible for providing scientific data, charts, and guidance to support the operations and safety of the Imperial German Navy and merchant marine.
  • A. Hamburg Observatory
    Hamburg Observatory is a historic astronomical research institution in Germany known for its significant contributions to observational astronomy and telescope development.
  • B. Bonn Observatory
    Bonn Observatory is a historic German astronomical observatory in Bonn, renowned for its 19th-century stellar cataloging and contributions to positional astronomy.
  • C. Leipzig Observatory
    Leipzig Observatory was a prominent 19th-century astronomical institution in Leipzig, Germany, known for its contributions to observational astronomy and celestial discoveries.
  • D. German Meteorological Service observatory in Potsdam
    The German Meteorological Service observatory in Potsdam is a major weather and climate research station operated by Germany’s national meteorological service on the Telegrafenberg science campus.
  • E. Munich Observatory
    Munich Observatory is a historic astronomical research institution in Munich, Germany, known for its contributions to celestial mechanics and stellar astronomy.
  • 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_69d8b909e8cc81908df4cc2b8ea6d11f completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4ddf11a74819094e8fe8dae4615bb completed April 19, 2026, 1:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a038543ec98819080e1bb3981634ecb completed May 12, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0389649bac8190bb5f189e562ab8c3 completed May 12, 2026, 8:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0389eb3928819080b6d257698e662c completed May 12, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:29 a.m.