Triple

T16579305
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bato the Breucian E402796 entity
Predicate historicalSource P2296 FINISHED
Object Velleius Paterculus E244369 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: Velleius Paterculus | Statement: [Bato the Breucian, historicalSource, Velleius Paterculus]

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: Velleius Paterculus
Context triple: [Bato the Breucian, historicalSource, Velleius Paterculus]
  • A. Velleius Paterculus chosen
    Velleius Paterculus was a Roman historian and former soldier of the early 1st century AD, best known for his concise Latin history of Rome from its origins to the reign of Tiberius.
  • B. Cassius Dio
    Cassius Dio was a Roman statesman and historian best known for his extensive work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome from its legendary origins through the early 3rd century CE.
  • C. Valerius Maximus
    Valerius Maximus was a 1st-century AD Roman writer best known for his work "Factorum et Dictorum Memorabilium," a collection of memorable deeds and sayings used as a moral and rhetorical source.
  • D. Tacitus
    Tacitus was a prominent Roman historian and senator best known for his detailed and critical accounts of the early Roman Empire, including references to figures such as Pontius Pilate and early Christians.
  • E. Livy
    Livy was the affectionate nickname of Olivia Langdon Clemens, the wife of American author Mark Twain and an important influence on his life and work.
  • 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_69d88387363c8190a97a0c942130de97 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e3595f9be88190b01ba628ecf1103d ner completed
NED1 batch_6a007da4b60c8190a682d20aa881792c ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:16 a.m.