Triple

T18195434
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hermann Billung E435648 entity
Predicate relative P37 FINISHED
Object Wichmann the Elder
Wichmann the Elder was a 10th-century Saxon nobleman and military leader from the influential Billung family in the Duchy of Saxony.
E1310727 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: Wichmann the Elder | Statement: [Hermann Billung, relative, Wichmann the Elder]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wichmann the Elder
Context triple: [Hermann Billung, relative, Wichmann the Elder]
  • A. Walter o’Dim
    Walter o’Dim is a primary antagonist in Stephen King’s Dark Tower universe, a sinister sorcerer and agent of chaos who appears across multiple King works under various identities.
  • B. Walthar
    Walthar is a given name, likely a variant of the Germanic name Walther, used as a personal name in various European contexts.
  • C. Richard Woodley
    Richard Woodley is an author best known for co-writing the true-crime book that inspired the film "Donnie Brasco."
  • D. Samuel Mauger
    Samuel Mauger was an Australian politician and social reformer who served in the federal parliament in the early 20th century and was known for his advocacy of progressive labor and welfare policies.
  • E. Maldred of Allerdale
    Maldred of Allerdale was an 11th-century Anglo-Scottish nobleman associated with the ruling dynasties of both Scotland and northern England.
  • 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: Wichmann the Elder
Triple: [Hermann Billung, relative, Wichmann the Elder]
Generated description
Wichmann the Elder was a 10th-century Saxon nobleman and military leader from the influential Billung family in the Duchy of Saxony.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wichmann the Elder
Target entity description: Wichmann the Elder was a 10th-century Saxon nobleman and military leader from the influential Billung family in the Duchy of Saxony.
  • A. Walter o’Dim
    Walter o’Dim is a primary antagonist in Stephen King’s Dark Tower universe, a sinister sorcerer and agent of chaos who appears across multiple King works under various identities.
  • B. Walthar
    Walthar is a given name, likely a variant of the Germanic name Walther, used as a personal name in various European contexts.
  • C. Richard Woodley
    Richard Woodley is an author best known for co-writing the true-crime book that inspired the film "Donnie Brasco."
  • D. Samuel Mauger
    Samuel Mauger was an Australian politician and social reformer who served in the federal parliament in the early 20th century and was known for his advocacy of progressive labor and welfare policies.
  • E. Maldred of Allerdale
    Maldred of Allerdale was an 11th-century Anglo-Scottish nobleman associated with the ruling dynasties of both Scotland and northern England.
  • 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_69d8b90dba6481908e119eb9aa4ca0cb completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4e0d2ad5881909d846f3851ac9ec9 completed April 19, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03980d47e881909377b7e9ab4a02e6 completed May 12, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a039945b8948190a7bd1ba03ecb0c60 completed May 12, 2026, 9:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0399f0610881908a3d2f578233347c completed May 12, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:31 a.m.