Triple

T13131073
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hellenistic medicine E311966 entity
Predicate hasNotableFigure P304 FINISHED
Object Rufus of Ephesus
Rufus of Ephesus was an influential 1st–2nd century Greek physician and medical writer known for his works on anatomy, pathology, and dietetics that shaped later Greco-Roman and Islamic medical traditions.
E1022061 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: Rufus of Ephesus | Statement: [Hellenistic medicine, hasNotableFigure, Rufus of Ephesus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rufus of Ephesus
Context triple: [Hellenistic medicine, hasNotableFigure, Rufus of Ephesus]
  • A. Maximus of Ephesus
    Maximus of Ephesus was a 4th-century Neoplatonist philosopher and theurgist known for his influence on the Roman emperor Julian and his role in late antique pagan intellectual circles.
  • B. Athenodorus of Tarsus
    Athenodorus of Tarsus was a Stoic philosopher from the city of Tarsus in Cilicia, known for his influence on Roman intellectual life in the late Hellenistic period.
  • C. Theodore of Tarsus
    Theodore of Tarsus was a 7th-century Archbishop of Canterbury whose organizational reforms and leadership were crucial in unifying and strengthening the early English Church during the Christianization of the British Isles.
  • D. Eleusius of Cyzicus
    Eleusius of Cyzicus was a 4th-century Christian bishop and prominent semi-Arian leader known for his influential role in the theological disputes surrounding the Council of Seleucia.
  • E. Polycarp of Smyrna
    Polycarp of Smyrna was a 2nd-century Christian bishop and martyr, revered as an Apostolic Father for his direct connection to the apostles and his influential role in early Christian theology and church leadership.
  • 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: Rufus of Ephesus
Triple: [Hellenistic medicine, hasNotableFigure, Rufus of Ephesus]
Generated description
Rufus of Ephesus was an influential 1st–2nd century Greek physician and medical writer known for his works on anatomy, pathology, and dietetics that shaped later Greco-Roman and Islamic medical traditions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rufus of Ephesus
Target entity description: Rufus of Ephesus was an influential 1st–2nd century Greek physician and medical writer known for his works on anatomy, pathology, and dietetics that shaped later Greco-Roman and Islamic medical traditions.
  • A. Maximus of Ephesus
    Maximus of Ephesus was a 4th-century Neoplatonist philosopher and theurgist known for his influence on the Roman emperor Julian and his role in late antique pagan intellectual circles.
  • B. Athenodorus of Tarsus
    Athenodorus of Tarsus was a Stoic philosopher from the city of Tarsus in Cilicia, known for his influence on Roman intellectual life in the late Hellenistic period.
  • C. Theodore of Tarsus
    Theodore of Tarsus was a 7th-century Archbishop of Canterbury whose organizational reforms and leadership were crucial in unifying and strengthening the early English Church during the Christianization of the British Isles.
  • D. Eleusius of Cyzicus
    Eleusius of Cyzicus was a 4th-century Christian bishop and prominent semi-Arian leader known for his influential role in the theological disputes surrounding the Council of Seleucia.
  • E. Polycarp of Smyrna
    Polycarp of Smyrna was a 2nd-century Christian bishop and martyr, revered as an Apostolic Father for his direct connection to the apostles and his influential role in early Christian theology and church leadership.
  • 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_69d806a9fe888190b081e2d9ea665d6c completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d981b27a8c81909a92ab7be5d3a7e9 completed April 10, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6e290c308819090ee4436c199b57c completed May 3, 2026, 5:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6e397df5c8190a470fc5c226b027b completed May 3, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6e454f95c8190b023c5d141999dd8 completed May 3, 2026, 5:59 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:07 p.m.