Triple

T18271653
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject European scholastic optics E437628 entity
Predicate majorFigure P1183 FINISHED
Object Henry of Langenstein
Henry of Langenstein was a 14th-century German scholastic philosopher and theologian noted for his influential contributions to medieval optics and natural philosophy.
 E1319153 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: Henry of Langenstein | Statement: [European scholastic optics, majorFigure, Henry of Langenstein]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Henry of Langenstein
Context triple: [European scholastic optics, majorFigure, Henry of Langenstein]
  • A. William of Hohnstein
    William of Hohnstein was a medieval German nobleman who served as Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg, wielding both ecclesiastical and secular authority in the region.
  • B. Dietrich von Falkenberg
    Dietrich von Falkenberg was an Imperial military commander best known for leading the defense of Magdeburg during its catastrophic sack in the Thirty Years' War.
  • C. Richgard of Swabia
    Richgard of Swabia was a 9th-century German noblewoman and Holy Roman Empress, noted for her piety and her marriage to Emperor Charles the Fat.
  • D. Hermann of Salm
    Hermann of Salm was an 11th-century German nobleman who served as a rival king during the Investiture Controversy, opposing Emperor Henry IV.
  • E. Christopher of Bavaria
    Christopher of Bavaria was a 15th-century king who ruled Denmark, Sweden, and Norway under the Kalmar Union.
  • 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: Henry of Langenstein
Triple: [European scholastic optics, majorFigure, Henry of Langenstein]
Generated description
Henry of Langenstein was a 14th-century German scholastic philosopher and theologian noted for his influential contributions to medieval optics and natural philosophy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Henry of Langenstein
Target entity description: Henry of Langenstein was a 14th-century German scholastic philosopher and theologian noted for his influential contributions to medieval optics and natural philosophy.
  • A. William of Hohnstein
    William of Hohnstein was a medieval German nobleman who served as Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg, wielding both ecclesiastical and secular authority in the region.
  • B. Dietrich von Falkenberg
    Dietrich von Falkenberg was an Imperial military commander best known for leading the defense of Magdeburg during its catastrophic sack in the Thirty Years' War.
  • C. Richgard of Swabia
    Richgard of Swabia was a 9th-century German noblewoman and Holy Roman Empress, noted for her piety and her marriage to Emperor Charles the Fat.
  • D. Hermann of Salm
    Hermann of Salm was an 11th-century German nobleman who served as a rival king during the Investiture Controversy, opposing Emperor Henry IV.
  • E. Christopher of Bavaria
    Christopher of Bavaria was a 15th-century king who ruled Denmark, Sweden, and Norway under the Kalmar Union.
  • 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_69d8b913351c8190932b6a426de04b41 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4ff7e00548190a28916a696831336 completed April 19, 2026, 4:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03cc136ed48190b9c708086ddce9bc completed May 13, 2026, 12:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03cce06d748190ad810f6bece92eaa completed May 13, 2026, 12:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03cd338eac81908e9ebf97c352e91e completed May 13, 2026, 1 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:34 a.m.