Triple
T13937246
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Historia Brittonum |
E335150
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entity |
| Predicate | traditionalAuthor |
P5464
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nennius
Nennius is a Welsh monk and historian traditionally credited with compiling the early medieval chronicle *Historia Brittonum*, an important source for legendary early British history.
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E335150
|
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: Nennius | Statement: [Historia Brittonum, traditionalAuthor, Nennius]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nennius Context triple: [Historia Brittonum, traditionalAuthor, Nennius]
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A.
Gildas’s De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae
Gildas’s De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae is a 6th-century Latin sermon-treatise that provides one of the earliest and most important narrative accounts of post-Roman Britain, blending moral critique with a sketchy history of the island’s political and religious decline.
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B.
Historia Brittonum
Historia Brittonum is a ninth-century Latin historical compilation traditionally attributed to Nennius, notable for its early accounts of post-Roman Britain and one of the first texts to mention King Arthur.
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C.
Annales Cambriae
Annales Cambriae is a medieval Welsh chronicle that provides some of the earliest written references to King Arthur and events associated with Arthurian legend.
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D.
Geoffrey of Monmouth (literary consolidation)
Geoffrey of Monmouth (literary consolidation) refers to the medieval writer’s influential shaping and popularization of the King Arthur legend in his 12th-century historical and narrative works.
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E.
Henry of Huntingdon
Henry of Huntingdon was a 12th-century English historian and archdeacon best known for his Latin chronicle "Historia Anglorum," which narrates the history of England from Roman times to his own day.
- 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: Nennius Triple: [Historia Brittonum, traditionalAuthor, Nennius]
Generated description
Nennius is a Welsh monk and historian traditionally credited with compiling the early medieval chronicle *Historia Brittonum*, an important source for legendary early British history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nennius Target entity description: Nennius is a Welsh monk and historian traditionally credited with compiling the early medieval chronicle *Historia Brittonum*, an important source for legendary early British history.
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A.
Gildas’s De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae
Gildas’s De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae is a 6th-century Latin sermon-treatise that provides one of the earliest and most important narrative accounts of post-Roman Britain, blending moral critique with a sketchy history of the island’s political and religious decline.
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B.
Historia Brittonum
chosen
Historia Brittonum is a ninth-century Latin historical compilation traditionally attributed to Nennius, notable for its early accounts of post-Roman Britain and one of the first texts to mention King Arthur.
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C.
Annales Cambriae
Annales Cambriae is a medieval Welsh chronicle that provides some of the earliest written references to King Arthur and events associated with Arthurian legend.
-
D.
Geoffrey of Monmouth (literary consolidation)
Geoffrey of Monmouth (literary consolidation) refers to the medieval writer’s influential shaping and popularization of the King Arthur legend in his 12th-century historical and narrative works.
-
E.
Henry of Huntingdon
Henry of Huntingdon was a 12th-century English historian and archdeacon best known for his Latin chronicle "Historia Anglorum," which narrates the history of England from Roman times to his own day.
- F. None of above.
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_69d81c5f739081908bc05b2461f54828 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de2cf42878819085146670d7b92605 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 12:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7ce880a98819086ae25d3408bc723 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:39 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f7cf24c9d88190b6e93859cb3659ef |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f7cfa34a448190affb5b86efc37cf4 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:43 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:17 p.m.