Triple

T10163445
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cato (play) E233946 entity
Predicate containsCharacter P5716 FINISHED
Object Sempronius
Sempronius is a character in Joseph Addison's tragedy "Cato," typically portrayed as a Roman senator whose ambition and intrigue drive much of the play's political tension.
 E882324 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: Sempronius | Statement: [Cato (play), containsCharacter, Sempronius]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sempronius
Context triple: [Cato (play), containsCharacter, Sempronius]
  • A. Sempronio
    Sempronio is one of Calisto’s servants in the Spanish tragicomedy "La Celestina," known for his complicity with the procuress Celestina and his self-serving betrayal.
  • B. Aulus
    Aulus is a common Roman praenomen (given name) frequently used among men in ancient Rome.
  • C. Gnaeus Manlius Vulso
    Gnaeus Manlius Vulso was a Roman consul and general of the 2nd century BC, best known for leading a successful campaign in Asia Minor that expanded Roman influence in the region.
  • D. Aemilius
    Aemilius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) from which the French given name Émile ultimately derives.
  • E. Lucius Afranius
    Lucius Afranius was a Roman general and supporter of Pompey who commanded forces against Julius Caesar during the early stages of the civil war.
  • 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: Sempronius
Triple: [Cato (play), containsCharacter, Sempronius]
Generated description
Sempronius is a character in Joseph Addison's tragedy "Cato," typically portrayed as a Roman senator whose ambition and intrigue drive much of the play's political tension.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sempronius
Target entity description: Sempronius is a character in Joseph Addison's tragedy "Cato," typically portrayed as a Roman senator whose ambition and intrigue drive much of the play's political tension.
  • A. Sempronio
    Sempronio is one of Calisto’s servants in the Spanish tragicomedy "La Celestina," known for his complicity with the procuress Celestina and his self-serving betrayal.
  • B. Aulus
    Aulus is a common Roman praenomen (given name) frequently used among men in ancient Rome.
  • C. Gnaeus Manlius Vulso
    Gnaeus Manlius Vulso was a Roman consul and general of the 2nd century BC, best known for leading a successful campaign in Asia Minor that expanded Roman influence in the region.
  • D. Aemilius
    Aemilius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) from which the French given name Émile ultimately derives.
  • E. Lucius Afranius
    Lucius Afranius was a Roman general and supporter of Pompey who commanded forces against Julius Caesar during the early stages of the civil war.
  • 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_69ca848e80748190b91d1e04d35512c7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdec6a7bb48190952f4318af9cc32b completed April 2, 2026, 4:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69dbd93b506c8190bbff63903770355a completed April 12, 2026, 5:41 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69dcad07b51081908fd66ee9ff7341f6 completed April 13, 2026, 8:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69dd4386e3308190bb8503ce75fa628f completed April 13, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:09 p.m.