Triple

T1042908
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Roman fasces E22507 entity
Predicate usedBy P260 FINISHED
Object lictors
Lictors were Roman officials who served as bodyguards and attendants to magistrates, symbolically carrying the fasces to represent their authority and power.
E120543 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: lictors | Statement: [Roman fasces, usedBy, lictors]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: lictors
Context triple: [Roman fasces, usedBy, lictors]
  • A. Maccus
    Maccus is an Old Norse–derived given name that served as the historical root for the later surname and given name Maxwell.
  • B. Vandals
    The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that established a kingdom in North Africa and became notorious for their 455 sack of Rome, a key event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire.
  • C. Zealots
    The Zealots were a radical Jewish political and religious movement in the late Second Temple period that advocated armed resistance against Roman rule in Judea.
  • D. Riffians
    Riffians are an Amazigh (Berber) ethnic group indigenous to Morocco’s Rif Mountains, known for their distinct Tamazight dialect and strong regional identity.
  • E. Les Drus
    Les Drus is a striking, needle-like granite peak in the French Alps, renowned among mountaineers for its steep faces and challenging climbing routes.
  • 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: lictors
Triple: [Roman fasces, usedBy, lictors]
Generated description
Lictors were Roman officials who served as bodyguards and attendants to magistrates, symbolically carrying the fasces to represent their authority and power.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: lictors
Target entity description: Lictors were Roman officials who served as bodyguards and attendants to magistrates, symbolically carrying the fasces to represent their authority and power.
  • A. Maccus
    Maccus is an Old Norse–derived given name that served as the historical root for the later surname and given name Maxwell.
  • B. Vandals
    The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that established a kingdom in North Africa and became notorious for their 455 sack of Rome, a key event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire.
  • C. Zealots
    The Zealots were a radical Jewish political and religious movement in the late Second Temple period that advocated armed resistance against Roman rule in Judea.
  • D. Riffians
    Riffians are an Amazigh (Berber) ethnic group indigenous to Morocco’s Rif Mountains, known for their distinct Tamazight dialect and strong regional identity.
  • E. Les Drus
    Les Drus is a striking, needle-like granite peak in the French Alps, renowned among mountaineers for its steep faces and challenging climbing routes.
  • 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_69a493d91478819094cc01fb65564bc1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b845fa8c8190a7b69629883b62e2 completed March 1, 2026, 10:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac3bc768948190b1cda4eea93fe4b6 completed March 7, 2026, 2:52 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac3c42c2c081909ccadbf944d3aa6c completed March 7, 2026, 2:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac3cbd43848190854add440753fdad completed March 7, 2026, 2:57 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.