Triple

T22067534
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject August Wilhelm von Hofmann E545313 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Charles Mansfield
Charles Mansfield was a 19th-century English chemist known for his pioneering work in the fractional distillation of coal tar and the early development of benzene as a laboratory and industrial chemical.
E1517738 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: Charles Mansfield | Statement: [August Wilhelm von Hofmann, notableStudent, Charles Mansfield]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Mansfield
Context triple: [August Wilhelm von Hofmann, notableStudent, Charles Mansfield]
  • A. Henry Gayden
    Henry Gayden is an American screenwriter best known for writing the superhero film "Shazam!" and its sequel in the DC Extended Universe.
  • B. John Talman
    John Talman was an English antiquary and art collector of the early 18th century, notable for his pioneering role in the study and preservation of historical artifacts and artworks.
  • C. Melvyn Gale
    Melvyn Gale is an English cellist best known for his work with the rock band Electric Light Orchestra during the 1970s.
  • D. George Marden
    George Marden is a central character in A. A. Milne’s play "Mr. Pim Passes By," portrayed as a conventional country gentleman whose orderly life is disrupted by a stranger’s news.
  • E. Martin Lomasney
    Martin Lomasney was a powerful early 20th-century Boston political boss and Democratic ward leader known for his influential role in the city’s machine politics.
  • 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: Charles Mansfield
Triple: [August Wilhelm von Hofmann, notableStudent, Charles Mansfield]
Generated description
Charles Mansfield was a 19th-century English chemist known for his pioneering work in the fractional distillation of coal tar and the early development of benzene as a laboratory and industrial chemical.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Mansfield
Target entity description: Charles Mansfield was a 19th-century English chemist known for his pioneering work in the fractional distillation of coal tar and the early development of benzene as a laboratory and industrial chemical.
  • A. Henry Gayden
    Henry Gayden is an American screenwriter best known for writing the superhero film "Shazam!" and its sequel in the DC Extended Universe.
  • B. John Talman
    John Talman was an English antiquary and art collector of the early 18th century, notable for his pioneering role in the study and preservation of historical artifacts and artworks.
  • C. Melvyn Gale
    Melvyn Gale is an English cellist best known for his work with the rock band Electric Light Orchestra during the 1970s.
  • D. George Marden
    George Marden is a central character in A. A. Milne’s play "Mr. Pim Passes By," portrayed as a conventional country gentleman whose orderly life is disrupted by a stranger’s news.
  • E. Martin Lomasney
    Martin Lomasney was a powerful early 20th-century Boston political boss and Democratic ward leader known for his influential role in the city’s machine politics.
  • 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_69e11e344dfc81909b1d88a7221329c7 completed April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f12884937c819095d3af69123fa2cb completed April 28, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a8791ad8481909bd4e555016b97b0 completed May 18, 2026, 3:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a88f6dea0819083e72d699da1c45d completed May 18, 2026, 3:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a897c185081909705cc3d6a87a957 completed May 18, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:27 p.m.