Triple
T16134732
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hadrian’s travels |
E391494
|
entity |
| Predicate | tookPlaceIn |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Western Roman provinces
The Western Roman provinces were the administrative regions of the western half of the Roman Empire, encompassing territories in Europe and North Africa governed from Rome and later Ravenna.
|
E1113317
|
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: Western Roman provinces | Statement: [Hadrian’s travels, tookPlaceIn, Western Roman provinces]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Roman provinces Context triple: [Hadrian’s travels, tookPlaceIn, Western Roman provinces]
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A.
Roman provinces
Roman provinces were administrative territories of the ancient Roman state, governed by officials appointed from Rome and serving as the empire’s primary units of regional control and taxation.
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B.
Eastern Roman provinces
The Eastern Roman provinces were the eastern administrative regions of the Roman Empire, encompassing wealthy and strategically vital territories such as Greece, Asia Minor, Syria, and Egypt.
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C.
Danubian provinces of the Roman Empire
The Danubian provinces of the Roman Empire were frontier territories along the Danube River in the Balkans that served as key military, administrative, and cultural zones between the Roman world and barbarian lands.
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D.
Roman province of Illyricum
The Roman province of Illyricum was an important imperial frontier region along the eastern Adriatic, serving as a strategic military and administrative zone that facilitated Rome’s control over the Balkans.
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E.
Roman province of Venetia et Histria
The Roman province of Venetia et Histria was an administrative region of northern Italy and the northern Adriatic coast, encompassing the territories of the Veneti and Histri peoples within the Roman Empire.
- 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: Western Roman provinces Triple: [Hadrian’s travels, tookPlaceIn, Western Roman provinces]
Generated description
The Western Roman provinces were the administrative regions of the western half of the Roman Empire, encompassing territories in Europe and North Africa governed from Rome and later Ravenna.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Roman provinces Target entity description: The Western Roman provinces were the administrative regions of the western half of the Roman Empire, encompassing territories in Europe and North Africa governed from Rome and later Ravenna.
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A.
Roman provinces
chosen
Roman provinces were administrative territories of the ancient Roman state, governed by officials appointed from Rome and serving as the empire’s primary units of regional control and taxation.
-
B.
Eastern Roman provinces
The Eastern Roman provinces were the eastern administrative regions of the Roman Empire, encompassing wealthy and strategically vital territories such as Greece, Asia Minor, Syria, and Egypt.
-
C.
Danubian provinces of the Roman Empire
The Danubian provinces of the Roman Empire were frontier territories along the Danube River in the Balkans that served as key military, administrative, and cultural zones between the Roman world and barbarian lands.
-
D.
Roman province of Illyricum
The Roman province of Illyricum was an important imperial frontier region along the eastern Adriatic, serving as a strategic military and administrative zone that facilitated Rome’s control over the Balkans.
-
E.
Roman province of Venetia et Histria
The Roman province of Venetia et Histria was an administrative region of northern Italy and the northern Adriatic coast, encompassing the territories of the Veneti and Histri peoples within the Roman Empire.
- 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_69d87f1bb0988190b490d273dbf3fd03 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e21a039f0c8190a679e16a27f2dbe3 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 11:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fff2b39bbc8190a2cb77a3f0a329fd |
completed | May 10, 2026, 2:51 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fff3806ab08190b2450b0f1f4bfc3c |
completed | May 10, 2026, 2:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fff3f4f20c8190902df70625d3aad0 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 2:56 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:01 a.m.