Triple

T10114108
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bart D. Ehrman E218312 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Lost Christianities
Lost Christianities is a scholarly book by Bart D. Ehrman that explores the diverse early Christian movements and writings that were later deemed heretical or excluded from the New Testament canon.
E105680 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: Lost Christianities | Statement: [Bart D. Ehrman, notableWork, Lost Christianities]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lost Christianities
Context triple: [Bart D. Ehrman, notableWork, Lost Christianities]
  • A. Manichaean Hearers
    Manichaean Hearers were lay followers of the Manichaean religion who supported the ascetic Elect through material aid and observance of a less rigorous religious discipline.
  • B. Esoteric Christianity
    Esoteric Christianity is a spiritual and philosophical interpretation of Christian teachings that emphasizes hidden, mystical, and symbolic meanings beyond traditional dogma.
  • C. History of the Corruptions of Christianity
    History of the Corruptions of Christianity is an 18th-century theological work by Joseph Priestley that critically examines how Christian doctrine, in his view, deviated from its original, rational and scriptural foundations over time.
  • D. Apocryphal New Testament writings
    Apocryphal New Testament writings are early Christian texts that imitate or expand upon New Testament genres such as gospels, acts, letters, and apocalypses but were not accepted into the canonical New Testament.
  • E. Foundations of Christianity
    Foundations of Christianity is a historical-materialist study by Karl Kautsky that analyzes the social and economic origins of early Christianity from a Marxist perspective.
  • 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: Lost Christianities
Triple: [Bart D. Ehrman, notableWork, Lost Christianities]
Generated description
Lost Christianities is a scholarly book by Bart D. Ehrman that explores the diverse early Christian movements and writings that were later deemed heretical or excluded from the New Testament canon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lost Christianities
Target entity description: Lost Christianities is a scholarly book by Bart D. Ehrman that explores the diverse early Christian movements and writings that were later deemed heretical or excluded from the New Testament canon.
  • A. Manichaean Hearers
    Manichaean Hearers were lay followers of the Manichaean religion who supported the ascetic Elect through material aid and observance of a less rigorous religious discipline.
  • B. Esoteric Christianity
    Esoteric Christianity is a spiritual and philosophical interpretation of Christian teachings that emphasizes hidden, mystical, and symbolic meanings beyond traditional dogma.
  • C. History of the Corruptions of Christianity
    History of the Corruptions of Christianity is an 18th-century theological work by Joseph Priestley that critically examines how Christian doctrine, in his view, deviated from its original, rational and scriptural foundations over time.
  • D. Apocryphal New Testament writings chosen
    Apocryphal New Testament writings are early Christian texts that imitate or expand upon New Testament genres such as gospels, acts, letters, and apocalypses but were not accepted into the canonical New Testament.
  • E. Foundations of Christianity
    Foundations of Christianity is a historical-materialist study by Karl Kautsky that analyzes the social and economic origins of early Christianity from a Marxist perspective.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca83da93fc8190b54e44bc2b34857c completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdd15ffcd48190825800611aab2aab completed April 2, 2026, 2:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2cc2b00488190acca51a797beed45 completed April 5, 2026, 8:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2cda6452c81908d67ea322da3cf70 completed April 5, 2026, 9:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2ce6da82081908ca6b3621971ca9a completed April 5, 2026, 9:04 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:04 p.m.