Triple
T11556878
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | On the Shortness of Life |
E274039
|
entity |
| Predicate | originalTitle |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | De Brevitate Vitae |
E274038
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: De Brevitate Vitae | Statement: [On the Shortness of Life, originalTitle, De Brevitate Vitae]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De Brevitate Vitae Context triple: [On the Shortness of Life, originalTitle, De Brevitate Vitae]
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A.
De Brevitate Vitae
chosen
De Brevitate Vitae is a philosophical essay by Seneca the Younger that reflects on the nature of time and argues that life is long enough if used wisely.
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B.
De vanitate vitae
De vanitate vitae is a didactic Christian poem by George of Pisidia that reflects on the transience and futility of earthly life in light of spiritual values.
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C.
On the Shortness of Life
On the Shortness of Life is a philosophical essay by the Roman Stoic Seneca that argues our lives feel short not by nature but because we waste much of the time available to us.
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D.
Epitome Juliani
Epitome Juliani is a 6th-century Latin summary of Justinian’s Novellae (new laws), created to provide a concise and accessible version of the emperor’s later legislation.
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E.
De vita longa
De vita longa is a philosophical treatise by Marsilio Ficino that explores how to preserve and extend human life through a blend of medicine, astrology, and Neoplatonic thought.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6aae4dfa48190a3ab0b19a159a3c5 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d88a86be308190973fea5d7db8ba9d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:28 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e713a7e16481908faabcafe11daf37 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 6:05 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:37 p.m.