Triple

T15469249
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Quintus Curtius Rufus E372112 entity
Predicate uncertainIdentificationWith P93566 FINISHED
Object Curtius Rufus (Roman senator)
Curtius Rufus was a 1st-century Roman senator and imperial official, noted for his rise from obscure origins to high office under the early Roman Empire.
E1158696 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Curtius Rufus (Roman senator) | Statement: [Quintus Curtius Rufus, uncertainIdentificationWith, Curtius Rufus (Roman senator)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Curtius Rufus (Roman senator)
Context triple: [Quintus Curtius Rufus, uncertainIdentificationWith, Curtius Rufus (Roman senator)]
  • A. Octavii Rufi
    The Octavii Rufi were a prominent branch of the plebeian Roman gens Octavia, known for producing influential politicians during the late Roman Republic.
  • B. Publius Ostorius Scapula
    Publius Ostorius Scapula was a 1st-century Roman senator and general who, as governor of Britain under Emperor Claudius, led major campaigns to consolidate Roman control over the province.
  • C. Faenius Rufus
    Faenius Rufus was a 1st-century Roman official and praetorian prefect under Emperor Nero who became implicated in the Pisonian conspiracy against the emperor.
  • D. Servius Sulpicius Rufus
    Servius Sulpicius Rufus was a prominent 1st-century BC Roman jurist, orator, and statesman renowned for his contributions to Roman law and his close association with Cicero.
  • E. Gaius Caecilius Rufus
    Gaius Caecilius Rufus was a Roman senator and magistrate who served alongside the historian Velleius Paterculus during his praetorship in the early 1st century AD.
  • 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: Curtius Rufus (Roman senator)
Triple: [Quintus Curtius Rufus, uncertainIdentificationWith, Curtius Rufus (Roman senator)]
Generated description
Curtius Rufus was a 1st-century Roman senator and imperial official, noted for his rise from obscure origins to high office under the early Roman Empire.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Curtius Rufus (Roman senator)
Target entity description: Curtius Rufus was a 1st-century Roman senator and imperial official, noted for his rise from obscure origins to high office under the early Roman Empire.
  • A. Octavii Rufi
    The Octavii Rufi were a prominent branch of the plebeian Roman gens Octavia, known for producing influential politicians during the late Roman Republic.
  • B. Publius Ostorius Scapula
    Publius Ostorius Scapula was a 1st-century Roman senator and general who, as governor of Britain under Emperor Claudius, led major campaigns to consolidate Roman control over the province.
  • C. Faenius Rufus
    Faenius Rufus was a 1st-century Roman official and praetorian prefect under Emperor Nero who became implicated in the Pisonian conspiracy against the emperor.
  • D. Servius Sulpicius Rufus
    Servius Sulpicius Rufus was a prominent 1st-century BC Roman jurist, orator, and statesman renowned for his contributions to Roman law and his close association with Cicero.
  • E. Gaius Caecilius Rufus
    Gaius Caecilius Rufus was a Roman senator and magistrate who served alongside the historian Velleius Paterculus during his praetorship in the early 1st century AD.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: uncertainIdentificationWith
Context triple: [Quintus Curtius Rufus, uncertainIdentificationWith, Curtius Rufus (Roman senator)]
  • A. hasUncertainIdentification chosen
    Indicates that the identification or classification of an entity in the relationship is doubtful, ambiguous, or not fully confirmed.
  • B. hasUncertainNature
    Indicates that the nature, status, or characteristics of the relationship or situation are not clearly defined, known, or determined.
  • C. identifiedUsing
    Indicates that one entity was recognized, distinguished, or determined by means of a specified method, tool, or identifier.
  • D. uncertainty
    Indicates that there is doubt, lack of sureness, or incomplete confidence about a fact, outcome, or state of affairs in the relationship or situation described.
  • E. hasUncertainty
    Indicates that the relationship or value is associated with some level or type of uncertainty rather than being fully definite or precise.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d85cc8bd308190886949510b42e764 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03f6b49788190b270fdfe92646842 completed April 16, 2026, 1:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff2d03845c8190bc8cb96827a5da39 completed May 9, 2026, 12:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff2e2fb3e48190b2274d54586b1f00 completed May 9, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff2ec231dc8190b82333e3e54ced20 completed May 9, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69ded284bd008190b31c53b4f1cebadd completed April 14, 2026, 11:49 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:33 a.m.