Triple

T15812701
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Νικίας E383393 entity
Predicate describedIn P519 FINISHED
Object Plutarch's Parallel Lives E69676 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Statement: [Νικίας, describedIn, Plutarch's Parallel Lives]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Plutarch's Parallel Lives
Context triple: [Νικίας, describedIn, Plutarch's Parallel Lives]
  • A. Plutarch’s Parallel Lives chosen
    Plutarch’s Parallel Lives is a series of biographies by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch that pairs notable Greek and Roman figures to explore their characters and moral lessons.
  • B. Plutarch
    Plutarch was a Greek biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist philosopher best known for his "Parallel Lives" and "Moralia," which profoundly influenced later historiography and literature.
  • C. Life of Demosthenes
    Life of Demosthenes is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, portraying the Athenian orator and statesman Demosthenes and comparing him with the Roman Cicero.
  • D. Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
    Diogenes Laertius’ *Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers* is an early third-century biographical and doxographical compendium that preserves many of the principal anecdotes, teachings, and fragments of ancient Greek philosophers.
  • E. Lives of the Ten Orators
    Lives of the Ten Orators is a biographical work traditionally attributed to Plutarch that sketches the lives and characters of ten prominent Attic orators of classical Greece.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d86da2858c819090cc8481e7207b6e elicitation completed
NER batch_69e0c4a069bc8190bf9504dc6c998fa2 ner completed
NED1 batch_69ff9993c86c8190b1d106af7537080a ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:49 a.m.