Triple
T18230460
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Beckhoff Automation |
E436528
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Hans Beckhoff
Hans Beckhoff is a German engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder and managing director of Beckhoff Automation, a company specializing in PC-based control and automation technology.
|
E1315045
|
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: Hans Beckhoff | Statement: [Beckhoff Automation, foundedBy, Hans Beckhoff]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hans Beckhoff Context triple: [Beckhoff Automation, foundedBy, Hans Beckhoff]
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A.
Harald Quandt
Harald Quandt was a German industrialist and heir to the Quandt family fortune, notable as the only surviving child of Magda Goebbels from her previous marriage.
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B.
Dietmar Schwab
Dietmar Schwab is a relatively obscure individual sharing the common German surname Schwab, with no widely documented public achievements or roles.
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C.
Dieter Wedel
Dieter Wedel was a prominent German television and film director known for his influential multi-part TV dramas and miniseries.
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D.
Heinz Eberbach
Heinz Eberbach was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who commanded armored forces on the Western Front, including during the Normandy campaign.
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E.
Peter Hartz
Peter Hartz is a German manager and former Volkswagen executive best known for designing the controversial labor market reforms in Germany commonly referred to as the Hartz reforms.
- 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: Hans Beckhoff Triple: [Beckhoff Automation, foundedBy, Hans Beckhoff]
Generated description
Hans Beckhoff is a German engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder and managing director of Beckhoff Automation, a company specializing in PC-based control and automation technology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hans Beckhoff Target entity description: Hans Beckhoff is a German engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder and managing director of Beckhoff Automation, a company specializing in PC-based control and automation technology.
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A.
Harald Quandt
Harald Quandt was a German industrialist and heir to the Quandt family fortune, notable as the only surviving child of Magda Goebbels from her previous marriage.
-
B.
Dietmar Schwab
Dietmar Schwab is a relatively obscure individual sharing the common German surname Schwab, with no widely documented public achievements or roles.
-
C.
Dieter Wedel
Dieter Wedel was a prominent German television and film director known for his influential multi-part TV dramas and miniseries.
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D.
Heinz Eberbach
Heinz Eberbach was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who commanded armored forces on the Western Front, including during the Normandy campaign.
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E.
Peter Hartz
Peter Hartz is a German manager and former Volkswagen executive best known for designing the controversial labor market reforms in Germany commonly referred to as the Hartz reforms.
- 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_69d8b9103a8081908bbb0836fef10efd |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4f4b284a8819088456c2af5fa1de5 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 3:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a03b3e8bc28819086254e3a03aed2e6 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 11:12 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a03b4bb6ae48190a68c2a3314f0d3ba |
completed | May 12, 2026, 11:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a03b56958a0819088613a9726c71819 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 11:19 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:33 a.m.