Triple

T19073815
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Smalcald Articles E466855 entity
Predicate commissionedBy P27 FINISHED
Object Elector John Frederick of Saxony
Elector John Frederick of Saxony was a leading Lutheran prince of the Holy Roman Empire and head of the Schmalkaldic League who championed the Protestant Reformation in 16th-century Germany.
E1356702 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: Elector John Frederick of Saxony | Statement: [Smalcald Articles, commissionedBy, Elector John Frederick of Saxony]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elector John Frederick of Saxony
Context triple: [Smalcald Articles, commissionedBy, Elector John Frederick of Saxony]
  • A. Elector John of Saxony
    Elector John of Saxony was a 16th-century German prince and early Protestant ruler who played a key role in supporting and advancing the Lutheran Reformation.
  • B. Elector John Casimir of the Palatinate
    Elector John Casimir of the Palatinate was a 16th-century German prince known for his staunch Calvinist convictions and influential role in advancing the Protestant Reformation and politics within the Holy Roman Empire.
  • C. John, Elector of Saxony
    John, Elector of Saxony was a 16th-century German prince of the Albertine branch of the Wettin dynasty who ruled Saxony and played a role in the political and religious affairs of the Holy Roman Empire during the Reformation era.
  • D. John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg
    John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, was a late 15th-century German prince of the House of Hohenzollern who ruled the Electorate of Brandenburg and helped consolidate its territorial and political foundations within the Holy Roman Empire.
  • E. John the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony
    John the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony, was a key early supporter of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation, helping to establish Lutheranism within his territories in the early 16th century.
  • 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: Elector John Frederick of Saxony
Triple: [Smalcald Articles, commissionedBy, Elector John Frederick of Saxony]
Generated description
Elector John Frederick of Saxony was a leading Lutheran prince of the Holy Roman Empire and head of the Schmalkaldic League who championed the Protestant Reformation in 16th-century Germany.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elector John Frederick of Saxony
Target entity description: Elector John Frederick of Saxony was a leading Lutheran prince of the Holy Roman Empire and head of the Schmalkaldic League who championed the Protestant Reformation in 16th-century Germany.
  • A. Elector John of Saxony
    Elector John of Saxony was a 16th-century German prince and early Protestant ruler who played a key role in supporting and advancing the Lutheran Reformation.
  • B. Elector John Casimir of the Palatinate
    Elector John Casimir of the Palatinate was a 16th-century German prince known for his staunch Calvinist convictions and influential role in advancing the Protestant Reformation and politics within the Holy Roman Empire.
  • C. John, Elector of Saxony
    John, Elector of Saxony was a 16th-century German prince of the Albertine branch of the Wettin dynasty who ruled Saxony and played a role in the political and religious affairs of the Holy Roman Empire during the Reformation era.
  • D. John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg
    John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, was a late 15th-century German prince of the House of Hohenzollern who ruled the Electorate of Brandenburg and helped consolidate its territorial and political foundations within the Holy Roman Empire.
  • E. John the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony
    John the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony, was a key early supporter of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation, helping to establish Lutheranism within his territories in the early 16th century.
  • 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_69d8dd04f4488190b1121cc53ef2bfd6 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5e2e2ccbc8190bf5a2da915c81a03 completed April 20, 2026, 8:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05d35e763c8190b516b9d2bb507524 completed May 14, 2026, 1:51 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05d47474f481909e630db929ce6287 completed May 14, 2026, 1:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a05d51338a08190b16ac354d2ef1dba completed May 14, 2026, 1:58 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:04 p.m.