Triple

T1215540
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Augustine of Hippo E26099 entity
Predicate deathPlace P21 FINISHED
Object Roman North Africa
Roman North Africa was a prosperous region of the Roman Empire in the Maghreb, known for its major cities like Carthage and Hippo and for being a center of early Latin Christianity.
 E139777 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: Roman North Africa | Statement: [Augustine of Hippo, deathPlace, Roman North Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Roman North Africa
Context triple: [Augustine of Hippo, deathPlace, Roman North Africa]
  • A. Mauretania (ancient kingdom)
    Mauretania was an ancient North African Berber kingdom located in what is now northern Morocco and western Algeria, later becoming a client state and then a province of the Roman Empire.
  • B. Numidia
    Numidia was an ancient Berber kingdom in North Africa that became a significant power and later a Roman client and province.
  • C. Leptis Magna
    Leptis Magna is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Roman city on the Mediterranean coast, renowned for its grand architecture and archaeological significance.
  • D. Roman Syria
    Roman Syria was a key eastern province of the Roman Empire, encompassing major cities like Antioch and serving as an important political, military, and cultural center in the Near East.
  • E. Thugga
    Thugga is an ancient Roman-Berber city in modern-day Tunisia renowned for its well-preserved ruins and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • 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: Roman North Africa
Triple: [Augustine of Hippo, deathPlace, Roman North Africa]
Generated description
Roman North Africa was a prosperous region of the Roman Empire in the Maghreb, known for its major cities like Carthage and Hippo and for being a center of early Latin Christianity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Roman North Africa
Target entity description: Roman North Africa was a prosperous region of the Roman Empire in the Maghreb, known for its major cities like Carthage and Hippo and for being a center of early Latin Christianity.
  • A. Mauretania (ancient kingdom)
    Mauretania was an ancient North African Berber kingdom located in what is now northern Morocco and western Algeria, later becoming a client state and then a province of the Roman Empire.
  • B. Numidia
    Numidia was an ancient Berber kingdom in North Africa that became a significant power and later a Roman client and province.
  • C. Leptis Magna
    Leptis Magna is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Roman city on the Mediterranean coast, renowned for its grand architecture and archaeological significance.
  • D. Roman Syria
    Roman Syria was a key eastern province of the Roman Empire, encompassing major cities like Antioch and serving as an important political, military, and cultural center in the Near East.
  • E. Thugga
    Thugga is an ancient Roman-Berber city in modern-day Tunisia renowned for its well-preserved ruins and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • 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_69a4948331fc8190b531ac9bec71c491 completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4be059c5c8190a200f09442c22334 completed March 1, 2026, 10:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac831fb6bc8190907f36e52489ec5c completed March 7, 2026, 7:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac838fc3d08190aa43d7f2767fe7d2 completed March 7, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac8425ab408190a25c0f5db40ae77f completed March 7, 2026, 8:01 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.