Triple

T18701795
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Theodor Schwann E457269 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object Matthias Jakob Schleiden
Matthias Jakob Schleiden was a 19th-century German botanist who co-founded cell theory by proposing that plants are composed of cells.
E1339812 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: Matthias Jakob Schleiden | Statement: [Theodor Schwann, influencedBy, Matthias Jakob Schleiden]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthias Jakob Schleiden
Context triple: [Theodor Schwann, influencedBy, Matthias Jakob Schleiden]
  • A. Hugo von Mohl
    Hugo von Mohl was a 19th-century German botanist renowned for his pioneering work on plant cell structure and the concept of the protoplasm.
  • B. Theodor Schwann
    Theodor Schwann was a German physiologist best known as a founder of cell theory and for discovering Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system.
  • C. Heinrich Anton de Bary
    Heinrich Anton de Bary was a pioneering 19th-century German botanist and mycologist, widely regarded as the founder of modern plant pathology and the study of symbiosis.
  • D. Jakob Heinrich von Flemming
    Jakob Heinrich von Flemming was a prominent early 18th-century Saxon-Polish field marshal and statesman who played a key role in the military and political affairs of the Great Northern War.
  • E. Bernhard Sprengel
    Bernhard Sprengel was a German chocolate manufacturer and prominent art collector whose extensive modern art collection formed the basis of the Sprengel Museum in Hanover.
  • 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: Matthias Jakob Schleiden
Triple: [Theodor Schwann, influencedBy, Matthias Jakob Schleiden]
Generated description
Matthias Jakob Schleiden was a 19th-century German botanist who co-founded cell theory by proposing that plants are composed of cells.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthias Jakob Schleiden
Target entity description: Matthias Jakob Schleiden was a 19th-century German botanist who co-founded cell theory by proposing that plants are composed of cells.
  • A. Hugo von Mohl
    Hugo von Mohl was a 19th-century German botanist renowned for his pioneering work on plant cell structure and the concept of the protoplasm.
  • B. Theodor Schwann
    Theodor Schwann was a German physiologist best known as a founder of cell theory and for discovering Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system.
  • C. Heinrich Anton de Bary
    Heinrich Anton de Bary was a pioneering 19th-century German botanist and mycologist, widely regarded as the founder of modern plant pathology and the study of symbiosis.
  • D. Jakob Heinrich von Flemming
    Jakob Heinrich von Flemming was a prominent early 18th-century Saxon-Polish field marshal and statesman who played a key role in the military and political affairs of the Great Northern War.
  • E. Bernhard Sprengel
    Bernhard Sprengel was a German chocolate manufacturer and prominent art collector whose extensive modern art collection formed the basis of the Sprengel Museum in Hanover.
  • 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_69d8d392aad081909fe31aa03e6e97d1 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5671391048190bba7606f4283ca09 completed April 19, 2026, 11:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05324e2e248190bac705f359565103 completed May 14, 2026, 2:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05332072dc8190abab88f37fd97b32 completed May 14, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a05339f415481909cfc5864a9a4b35a completed May 14, 2026, 2:29 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:49 a.m.