Triple

T13770024
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Marcus Lollius (consul 21 BCE) E330855 entity
Predicate consulColleague P32433 FINISHED
Object Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus
Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus was a Roman senator of the early Principate who attained the consulship and belonged to the prominent aristocratic Messalla family.
E1059939 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: Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus | Statement: [Marcus Lollius (consul 21 BCE), consulColleague, Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus
Context triple: [Marcus Lollius (consul 21 BCE), consulColleague, Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus]
  • A. Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus
    Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus was a Roman senator and military commander active under Augustus, noted for his role in suppressing revolts and consolidating Roman control in the Balkans.
  • B. Gaius Fannius
    Gaius Fannius was a Roman statesman and writer associated with the intellectual and political circle around Scipio Aemilianus in the 2nd century BC.
  • C. M. Claudius Fronto
    M. Claudius Fronto was a Roman military commander and senator of the 2nd century AD, noted for his leadership in Rome’s eastern campaigns against Parthia.
  • D. Lucius Scribonius Libo
    Lucius Scribonius Libo was a Roman senator and statesman of the late Republic, known for his political alliances with figures such as Pompey and for his involvement in the turbulent civil conflicts of the era.
  • E. Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
    Marcus Aemilius Scaurus was a prominent Roman statesman of the late Republic, best known for his influential role in the Senate and his tenure as princeps senatus.
  • 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: Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus
Triple: [Marcus Lollius (consul 21 BCE), consulColleague, Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus]
Generated description
Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus was a Roman senator of the early Principate who attained the consulship and belonged to the prominent aristocratic Messalla family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus
Target entity description: Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus was a Roman senator of the early Principate who attained the consulship and belonged to the prominent aristocratic Messalla family.
  • A. Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus
    Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus was a Roman senator and military commander active under Augustus, noted for his role in suppressing revolts and consolidating Roman control in the Balkans.
  • B. Gaius Fannius
    Gaius Fannius was a Roman statesman and writer associated with the intellectual and political circle around Scipio Aemilianus in the 2nd century BC.
  • C. M. Claudius Fronto
    M. Claudius Fronto was a Roman military commander and senator of the 2nd century AD, noted for his leadership in Rome’s eastern campaigns against Parthia.
  • D. Lucius Scribonius Libo
    Lucius Scribonius Libo was a Roman senator and statesman of the late Republic, known for his political alliances with figures such as Pompey and for his involvement in the turbulent civil conflicts of the era.
  • E. Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
    Marcus Aemilius Scaurus was a prominent Roman statesman of the late Republic, best known for his influential role in the Senate and his tenure as princeps senatus.
  • 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_69d81c583b0081909e408a17db517a21 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de0233ecc48190b934f085d2501eb1 completed April 14, 2026, 9 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7a866e7cc8190a0381f4469193b6e completed May 3, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7a9f5549c81908a1a0b080acc3396 completed May 3, 2026, 8:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7aafceea881908737a3d7613db2d5 completed May 3, 2026, 8:07 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:10 p.m.