Triple

T10370469
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Velleius Paterculus E244369 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Marcus Velleius Paterculus E244369 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Marcus Velleius Paterculus | Statement: [Velleius Paterculus, fullName, Marcus Velleius Paterculus]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Marcus Velleius Paterculus
Context triple: [Velleius Paterculus, fullName, Marcus Velleius Paterculus]
  • A. Velleius Paterculus chosen
    Velleius Paterculus was a Roman historian and former soldier of the early 1st century AD, best known for his concise Latin history of Rome from its origins to the reign of Tiberius.
  • B. Sallust
    Sallust was a Roman historian and politician of the late Republic, best known for his monographs on the Catilinarian Conspiracy and the Jugurthine War, which pioneered a concise and morally charged style of historical writing.
  • C. Cassius Dio
    Cassius Dio was a Roman statesman and historian best known for his extensive work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome from its legendary origins through the early 3rd century CE.
  • D. Valerius Maximus
    Valerius Maximus was a 1st-century AD Roman writer best known for his work "Factorum et Dictorum Memorabilium," a collection of memorable deeds and sayings used as a moral and rhetorical source.
  • E. Tacitus
    Tacitus was a prominent Roman historian and senator best known for his detailed and critical accounts of the early Roman Empire, including references to figures such as Pontius Pilate and early Christians.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d381b3e328819094b23b8edcd29b5a elicitation completed
NER batch_69d4e9737cfc81909d6302bd4177d186 ner completed
NED1 batch_69d7955bb0ec8190b4d1da4af981436a ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:01 p.m.