Triple

T12503437
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Philodemus E298886 entity
Predicate studentOf P48 FINISHED
Object Zeno of Sidon
Zeno of Sidon was an influential 1st-century BCE Epicurean philosopher known for his critical engagement with rival schools and for shaping later Epicurean thought, especially through his student Philodemus.
 E987372 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Zeno of Sidon | Statement: [Philodemus, studentOf, Zeno of Sidon]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Zeno of Sidon
Context triple: [Philodemus, studentOf, Zeno of Sidon]
  • A. Philo of Byzantium
    Philo of Byzantium was a Hellenistic engineer and writer known for his works on mechanics and for one of the earliest surviving accounts of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
  • B. Monimus of Syracuse
    Monimus of Syracuse was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for his radical advocacy of asceticism and the rejection of conventional values and material wealth.
  • C. Strato of Lampsacus
    Strato of Lampsacus was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Peripatetic school, known for his naturalistic explanations of the world and for succeeding Theophrastus as head of Aristotle’s Lyceum.
  • D. Heraclides Ponticus
    Heraclides Ponticus was a 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher and astronomer known for proposing that the Earth rotates on its axis and for early heliocentric ideas.
  • E. Aristomache of Syracuse
    Aristomache of Syracuse was an ancient Greek noblewoman best known as one of the wives of the tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse and a member of his powerful Sicilian court.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Zeno of Sidon
Target entity description: Zeno of Sidon was an influential 1st-century BCE Epicurean philosopher known for his critical engagement with rival schools and for shaping later Epicurean thought, especially through his student Philodemus.
  • A. Philo of Byzantium
    Philo of Byzantium was a Hellenistic engineer and writer known for his works on mechanics and for one of the earliest surviving accounts of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
  • B. Monimus of Syracuse
    Monimus of Syracuse was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for his radical advocacy of asceticism and the rejection of conventional values and material wealth.
  • C. Strato of Lampsacus
    Strato of Lampsacus was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Peripatetic school, known for his naturalistic explanations of the world and for succeeding Theophrastus as head of Aristotle’s Lyceum.
  • D. Heraclides Ponticus
    Heraclides Ponticus was a 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher and astronomer known for proposing that the Earth rotates on its axis and for early heliocentric ideas.
  • E. Aristomache of Syracuse
    Aristomache of Syracuse was an ancient Greek noblewoman best known as one of the wives of the tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse and a member of his powerful Sicilian court.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Zeno of Sidon
Triple: [Philodemus, studentOf, Zeno of Sidon]
Generated description
Zeno of Sidon was an influential 1st-century BCE Epicurean philosopher known for his critical engagement with rival schools and for shaping later Epicurean thought, especially through his student Philodemus.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d6ada4cd388190ae3bbf83ff87057a elicitation completed
NER batch_69d94dfcea188190a929db1aabe1a286 ner completed
NED1 batch_69f64bb38e048190bbc96244b71953b6 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69f64df6488481909dea8387e7000d15 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69f64ce0ca288190bbbcb5459f914c19 nedg completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:57 p.m.