Triple

T1143777
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Batavi E23515 entity
Predicate mentionedBy P831 FINISHED
Object Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder was a 1st-century Roman author, naturalist, and military commander best known for his encyclopedic work "Naturalis Historia," which compiled much of the scientific and cultural knowledge of the ancient world.
E130583 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: Pliny the Elder | Statement: [Batavi, mentionedBy, Pliny the Elder]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pliny the Elder
Context triple: [Batavi, mentionedBy, Pliny the Elder]
  • A. Pliny the Younger
    Pliny the Younger was a Roman lawyer, author, and magistrate best known for his surviving letters, which provide a vivid picture of Roman administrative life and include eyewitness accounts of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Seneca the Younger
    Seneca the Younger was a prominent Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and playwright who served as advisor to Emperor Nero and authored influential works on ethics and practical wisdom.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Gaius Terentius Varro
    Gaius Terentius Varro was a Roman consul and military commander best known for co-leading the Roman forces that suffered a devastating defeat to Hannibal at the Battle of Cannae during the Second Punic 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: Pliny the Elder
Triple: [Batavi, mentionedBy, Pliny the Elder]
Generated description
Pliny the Elder was a 1st-century Roman author, naturalist, and military commander best known for his encyclopedic work "Naturalis Historia," which compiled much of the scientific and cultural knowledge of the ancient world.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pliny the Elder
Target entity description: Pliny the Elder was a 1st-century Roman author, naturalist, and military commander best known for his encyclopedic work "Naturalis Historia," which compiled much of the scientific and cultural knowledge of the ancient world.
  • A. Pliny the Younger
    Pliny the Younger was a Roman lawyer, author, and magistrate best known for his surviving letters, which provide a vivid picture of Roman administrative life and include eyewitness accounts of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Seneca the Younger
    Seneca the Younger was a prominent Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and playwright who served as advisor to Emperor Nero and authored influential works on ethics and practical wisdom.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Gaius Terentius Varro
    Gaius Terentius Varro was a Roman consul and military commander best known for co-leading the Roman forces that suffered a devastating defeat to Hannibal at the Battle of Cannae during the Second Punic 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_69a493ef399c8190b04b9146d2314f59 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bc5008d8819095c1ffb5db5b4911 completed March 1, 2026, 10:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac59b2395c81909d4608bdaf1d57e8 completed March 7, 2026, 5 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac5b52c43c8190b8972826a9a1ea5f completed March 7, 2026, 5:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac5be4d9548190a0f1d57538f688c1 completed March 7, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.