Triple

T14172233
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mercenary War E351235 entity
Predicate historicalRegion P915 FINISHED
Object Punic Africa
Punic Africa was the Carthaginian-controlled region of North Africa, centered on the city of Carthage, that served as a major Mediterranean power and hub of trade and warfare in antiquity.
 E1084749 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: Punic Africa | Statement: [Mercenary War, historicalRegion, Punic Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Punic Africa
Context triple: [Mercenary War, historicalRegion, Punic Africa]
  • A. Mauretania Tingitana
    Mauretania Tingitana was a Roman province in North Africa, centered around modern-day northern Morocco with its capital at Tingis (Tangier).
  • B. Mauretania Caesariensis
    Mauretania Caesariensis was a Roman imperial province in North Africa, centered around modern-day northern Algeria, known for its strategic Mediterranean coastline and role in the Roman frontier system.
  • C. Numidia
    Numidia was an ancient Berber kingdom in North Africa that became a significant power and later a Roman client and province.
  • D. Mauretania (ancient kingdom)
    Mauretania was an ancient North African Berber kingdom located in what is now northern Morocco and western Algeria, later becoming a client state and then a province of the Roman Empire.
  • E. Mauretania Sitifensis
    Mauretania Sitifensis was a late Roman province in North Africa, centered on the city of Sitifis and known for its role in the administrative and military organization of the region.
  • 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: Punic Africa
Triple: [Mercenary War, historicalRegion, Punic Africa]
Generated description
Punic Africa was the Carthaginian-controlled region of North Africa, centered on the city of Carthage, that served as a major Mediterranean power and hub of trade and warfare in antiquity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Punic Africa
Target entity description: Punic Africa was the Carthaginian-controlled region of North Africa, centered on the city of Carthage, that served as a major Mediterranean power and hub of trade and warfare in antiquity.
  • A. Mauretania Tingitana
    Mauretania Tingitana was a Roman province in North Africa, centered around modern-day northern Morocco with its capital at Tingis (Tangier).
  • B. Mauretania Caesariensis
    Mauretania Caesariensis was a Roman imperial province in North Africa, centered around modern-day northern Algeria, known for its strategic Mediterranean coastline and role in the Roman frontier system.
  • C. Numidia
    Numidia was an ancient Berber kingdom in North Africa that became a significant power and later a Roman client and province.
  • D. Mauretania (ancient kingdom)
    Mauretania was an ancient North African Berber kingdom located in what is now northern Morocco and western Algeria, later becoming a client state and then a province of the Roman Empire.
  • E. Mauretania Sitifensis
    Mauretania Sitifensis was a late Roman province in North Africa, centered on the city of Sitifis and known for its role in the administrative and military organization of the region.
  • 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_69d8278834a08190b0f1784e58d7b99c completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de61b5dcbc8190b0cfcce5e6c6d582 completed April 14, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fcf808e6088190a607903be0f2adc7 completed May 7, 2026, 8:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd09bad5b48190913aaba5dd2a509d completed May 7, 2026, 9:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd0a7603848190a4b73971cb75f99e completed May 7, 2026, 9:56 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:01 a.m.