Triple

T113415
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Roman destruction of the Second Temple E2292 entity
Predicate historicalSource P2296 FINISHED
Object Flavius Josephus
Flavius Josephus was a first-century Jewish historian and former military leader whose detailed writings, especially "The Jewish War," are a primary source on the Roman-Jewish conflicts and the destruction of the Second Temple.
E11369 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Flavius Josephus | Statement: [Roman destruction of the Second Temple, historicalSource, Flavius Josephus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flavius Josephus
Context triple: [Roman destruction of the Second Temple, historicalSource, Flavius Josephus]
  • A. Pontius Pilate
    Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea in the early 1st century CE, best known for presiding over the trial of Jesus and authorizing his crucifixion.
  • B. Joseph
    Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
  • C. Joseph
    Joseph is the husband of Mary in the New Testament and the earthly guardian of Jesus, venerated in Christianity as a model of humility, obedience, and fatherhood.
  • D. Julius
    Julius is the first given name of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist known as the "father of the atomic bomb."
  • E. Paul
    Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
  • 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: Flavius Josephus
Triple: [Roman destruction of the Second Temple, historicalSource, Flavius Josephus]
Generated description
Flavius Josephus was a first-century Jewish historian and former military leader whose detailed writings, especially "The Jewish War," are a primary source on the Roman-Jewish conflicts and the destruction of the Second Temple.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flavius Josephus
Target entity description: Flavius Josephus was a first-century Jewish historian and former military leader whose detailed writings, especially "The Jewish War," are a primary source on the Roman-Jewish conflicts and the destruction of the Second Temple.
  • A. Pontius Pilate
    Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea in the early 1st century CE, best known for presiding over the trial of Jesus and authorizing his crucifixion.
  • B. Joseph
    Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
  • C. Joseph
    Joseph is the husband of Mary in the New Testament and the earthly guardian of Jesus, venerated in Christianity as a model of humility, obedience, and fatherhood.
  • D. Julius
    Julius is the first given name of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist known as the "father of the atomic bomb."
  • E. Paul
    Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: historicalSource
Context triple: [Roman destruction of the Second Temple, historicalSource, Flavius Josephus]
  • A. historicalForm
    Indicates that one entity is an earlier or historically attested form or variant of another entity.
  • B. historicalScript
    Indicates that an entity is or was written in, or otherwise associated with, a particular historical writing system or script.
  • C. historicalOrigin
    Indicates the relationship by which one entity serves as the source, origin, or starting point in history for another entity.
  • D. primarySources chosen
    Indicates that one entity serves as an original, authoritative source of information or evidence for another entity.
  • E. historicalFunction
    Indicates the role, purpose, or activity an entity had during a past period or in a historical context.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a24fcdaeb48190a2d796677e4b3281 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:15 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25760af348190bf402089c240887d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a27c0652508190aa8d569ee7dae7bc completed Feb. 28, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a27cc652048190bd6ac1fb6788991a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a27d8de2888190a9f37390d7a4324e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 5:30 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2564417848190a8a8a38e97348963 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:20 a.m.