Triple
T1236920
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tacitus |
E26568
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon was an 18th-century English historian best known for his monumental work "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire."
|
E140951
|
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: Edward Gibbon | Statement: [Tacitus, influenced, Edward Gibbon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Gibbon Context triple: [Tacitus, influenced, Edward Gibbon]
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A.
Leopold von Ranke
Leopold von Ranke was a pioneering 19th-century German historian renowned for establishing modern source-based historical scholarship and the principle of writing history “as it actually happened.”
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B.
John Julius Norwich
John Julius Norwich was a British historian, travel writer, and television presenter renowned for his works on the history of Venice, Byzantium, and the Mediterranean world.
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C.
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian and rhetorician of the 1st century BC, best known for his work "Roman Antiquities," which offers a detailed account of early Roman history and institutions.
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D.
Giambattista Vico
Giambattista Vico was an 18th-century Italian philosopher and historian best known for his pioneering work on the philosophy of history and the cyclical development of civilizations in his book "The New Science."
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E.
James Anthony Froude
James Anthony Froude was a 19th-century English historian, biographer, and essayist known for his controversial writings on British history, empire, and religion.
- 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: Edward Gibbon Triple: [Tacitus, influenced, Edward Gibbon]
Generated description
Edward Gibbon was an 18th-century English historian best known for his monumental work "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Gibbon Target entity description: Edward Gibbon was an 18th-century English historian best known for his monumental work "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire."
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A.
Leopold von Ranke
Leopold von Ranke was a pioneering 19th-century German historian renowned for establishing modern source-based historical scholarship and the principle of writing history “as it actually happened.”
-
B.
John Julius Norwich
John Julius Norwich was a British historian, travel writer, and television presenter renowned for his works on the history of Venice, Byzantium, and the Mediterranean world.
-
C.
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian and rhetorician of the 1st century BC, best known for his work "Roman Antiquities," which offers a detailed account of early Roman history and institutions.
-
D.
Giambattista Vico
Giambattista Vico was an 18th-century Italian philosopher and historian best known for his pioneering work on the philosophy of history and the cyclical development of civilizations in his book "The New Science."
-
E.
James Anthony Froude
James Anthony Froude was a 19th-century English historian, biographer, and essayist known for his controversial writings on British history, empire, and religion.
- 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_69a4948571c88190a9191e451e6035fd |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bf3f07c08190a402e8341c1f38cc |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac8a18b0f48190adb5b2c1e2a1019a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:27 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac8aa863a08190b21071a4ed2e74b9 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:29 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac8b72cb6c8190984bd3d4b0d54262 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:32 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.