Triple

T19719198
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cameroons campaign E473557 entity
Predicate commanderForGermany P1197 FINISHED
Object Carl Zimmermann
Carl Zimmermann was a German military officer known for his command role in Germany’s operations during the World War I Cameroons campaign in Africa.
 E1408661 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: Carl Zimmermann | Statement: [Cameroons campaign, commanderForGermany, Carl Zimmermann]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Carl Zimmermann
Context triple: [Cameroons campaign, commanderForGermany, Carl Zimmermann]
  • A. Carl Mueller
    Carl Mueller is a character in the 1991 horror film "Sometimes They Come Back," which is based on a Stephen King short story.
  • B. Paul Zimmerer
    Paul Zimmerer was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Lindsay Corporation, a major manufacturer of agricultural irrigation and infrastructure equipment.
  • C. Carl Thiel
    Carl Thiel is a film and television composer known for his work on genre projects including the series adaptation of "From Dusk Till Dawn."
  • D. William Diehl
    William Diehl was an American novelist best known for his gritty, suspenseful legal and crime thrillers.
  • E. John Hufnagel
    John Hufnagel is a prominent Canadian Football League coach and executive best known for leading the Calgary Stampeders to multiple Grey Cup championships.
  • 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: Carl Zimmermann
Triple: [Cameroons campaign, commanderForGermany, Carl Zimmermann]
Generated description
Carl Zimmermann was a German military officer known for his command role in Germany’s operations during the World War I Cameroons campaign in Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Carl Zimmermann
Target entity description: Carl Zimmermann was a German military officer known for his command role in Germany’s operations during the World War I Cameroons campaign in Africa.
  • A. Carl Mueller
    Carl Mueller is a character in the 1991 horror film "Sometimes They Come Back," which is based on a Stephen King short story.
  • B. Paul Zimmerer
    Paul Zimmerer was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Lindsay Corporation, a major manufacturer of agricultural irrigation and infrastructure equipment.
  • C. Carl Thiel
    Carl Thiel is a film and television composer known for his work on genre projects including the series adaptation of "From Dusk Till Dawn."
  • D. William Diehl
    William Diehl was an American novelist best known for his gritty, suspenseful legal and crime thrillers.
  • E. John Hufnagel
    John Hufnagel is a prominent Canadian Football League coach and executive best known for leading the Calgary Stampeders to multiple Grey Cup championships.
  • 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_69d8e516dd048190a0b6c93ea3e71f58 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6440f9dd88190bd15cf00f739dfb4 completed April 20, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0815e9d7948190ac2bf27010c9d95e completed May 16, 2026, 6:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0817235f808190ac9c6d26664861ce completed May 16, 2026, 7:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0817bf22d48190866d55484493be35 completed May 16, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m.