Triple
T15492030
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Messala |
E378709
|
entity |
| Predicate | basedOn |
P98
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Messala (character in the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ) |
E797147
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Messala (character in the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ) | Statement: [Messala, basedOn, Messala (character in the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Messala (character in the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ) Context triple: [Messala, basedOn, Messala (character in the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ)]
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A.
Miriam in Ben-Hur (1959 film)
Miriam in *Ben-Hur* (1959) is the tragic, leprosy-stricken mother of Judah Ben-Hur whose suffering and eventual healing mirror the film’s themes of faith, forgiveness, and redemption.
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B.
Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur
Sheik Ilderim in *Ben-Hur* is a wealthy, shrewd Arab sheikh who owns the champion horses that enable Judah Ben-Hur to compete in the pivotal chariot race.
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C.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (novel)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is an 1880 historical novel by Lew Wallace that intertwines an epic tale of revenge and redemption in ancient Rome with the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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D.
Judah Ben-Hur
Judah Ben-Hur is a fictional Jewish prince and former slave in ancient Rome whose journey of betrayal, revenge, and spiritual redemption forms the core of Lew Wallace’s novel *Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ*.
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E.
Messala in Ben-Hur
chosen
Messala in Ben-Hur is the ambitious and ruthless Roman officer whose betrayal of his childhood friend Judah Ben-Hur drives the central conflict of the 1959 epic film.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d85cd53a7c819080f5b9042c4c199e |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e03fac2af88190ac1d119e6b21dbe0 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:47 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff3660fc6c81908caf1729260a8338 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 1:28 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:49 a.m.