Triple

T10132026
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Valentinian I E226360 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Gratian the Elder
Gratian the Elder was a 4th-century Roman officer and provincial governor best known as the father of Emperor Valentinian I and grandfather of Emperor Gratian.
E841816 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: Gratian the Elder | Statement: [Valentinian I, father, Gratian the Elder]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gratian the Elder
Context triple: [Valentinian I, father, Gratian the Elder]
  • A. Gratian
    Gratian was a 4th-century Roman emperor who ruled the Western Roman Empire and is known for his support of Nicene Christianity and military struggles against Gothic and usurper forces.
  • B. Saint Adeodatus I
    Saint Adeodatus I was a 7th-century pope of the Catholic Church known for his charitable works and efforts to aid the poor and sick in Rome.
  • C. Eugenius
    Eugenius was a late 4th-century usurper of the Western Roman Empire who was defeated and killed by Emperor Theodosius I at the Battle of the Frigidus.
  • D. Flavius Gratianus
    Flavius Gratianus was a Roman emperor of the late 4th century who ruled the Western Roman Empire and played a key role in promoting Nicene Christianity.
  • E. Calangianus
    Calangianus is a town in the Gallura region of northern Sardinia, Italy, known historically for its cork production and traditional rural culture.
  • 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: Gratian the Elder
Triple: [Valentinian I, father, Gratian the Elder]
Generated description
Gratian the Elder was a 4th-century Roman officer and provincial governor best known as the father of Emperor Valentinian I and grandfather of Emperor Gratian.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gratian the Elder
Target entity description: Gratian the Elder was a 4th-century Roman officer and provincial governor best known as the father of Emperor Valentinian I and grandfather of Emperor Gratian.
  • A. Gratian
    Gratian was a 4th-century Roman emperor who ruled the Western Roman Empire and is known for his support of Nicene Christianity and military struggles against Gothic and usurper forces.
  • B. Saint Adeodatus I
    Saint Adeodatus I was a 7th-century pope of the Catholic Church known for his charitable works and efforts to aid the poor and sick in Rome.
  • C. Eugenius
    Eugenius was a late 4th-century usurper of the Western Roman Empire who was defeated and killed by Emperor Theodosius I at the Battle of the Frigidus.
  • D. Flavius Gratianus
    Flavius Gratianus was a Roman emperor of the late 4th century who ruled the Western Roman Empire and played a key role in promoting Nicene Christianity.
  • E. Calangianus
    Calangianus is a town in the Gallura region of northern Sardinia, Italy, known historically for its cork production and traditional rural culture.
  • 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_69ca843057b48190a86730167f5d6b98 completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdd33557a88190b5fb1938646d8532 completed April 2, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2cc8462ac81908485115bcf2a2d19 completed April 5, 2026, 8:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2cdf5baac8190a117cb5cb00de215 completed April 5, 2026, 9:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2ce71fa888190b8dd13df83a2cd78 completed April 5, 2026, 9:04 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:06 p.m.