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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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D.
Julius
Julius is the first given name of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist known as the "father of the atomic bomb."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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D.
Julius
Julius is the first given name of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist known as the "father of the atomic bomb."
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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]
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A.
historicalForm
Indicates that one entity is an earlier or historically attested form or variant of another entity.
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B.
historicalScript
Indicates that an entity is or was written in, or otherwise associated with, a particular historical writing system or script.
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C.
historicalOrigin
Indicates the relationship by which one entity serves as the source, origin, or starting point in history for another entity.
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D.
primarySources
chosen
Indicates that one entity serves as an original, authoritative source of information or evidence for another entity.
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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.