Triple

T16717681
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Book XI (The City of God) E406265 entity
Predicate precedes P97 FINISHED
Object Book XII (The City of God)
Book XII of *The City of God* is a theological and philosophical book by Augustine of Hippo that continues his defense of Christianity by examining the origin of rational creatures, the nature of angels, and the beginnings of human history and sin.
E1239202 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: Book XII (The City of God) | Statement: [Book XI (The City of God), precedes, Book XII (The City of God)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book XII (The City of God)
Context triple: [Book XI (The City of God), precedes, Book XII (The City of God)]
  • A. Book V (The City of God)
    Book V of *The City of God* is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s monumental Christian philosophical work that examines divine providence, free will, and the rise and fall of earthly empires within God’s overarching plan.
  • B. Book IV (The City of God)
    Book IV of *The City of God* is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s monumental Christian philosophical work, continuing his critique of pagan religion and Roman civic life while developing his theology of history and divine providence.
  • C. The City of God
    The City of God is a foundational Christian philosophical and theological work by St. Augustine that contrasts the earthly city with the heavenly city and profoundly shaped Western thought on history, politics, and religion.
  • D. Book II (The City of God)
    Book II of *The City of God* is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s seminal Christian philosophical work, in which he critiques pagan Roman religion and culture as inadequate foundations for true happiness and moral order.
  • E. Book VI (Vox Clamantis)
    Book VI of *Vox Clamantis* is a later section of John Gower’s Middle English Latin-verse poem, continuing his moral and political reflections within the larger allegorical work.
  • 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: Book XII (The City of God)
Triple: [Book XI (The City of God), precedes, Book XII (The City of God)]
Generated description
Book XII of *The City of God* is a theological and philosophical book by Augustine of Hippo that continues his defense of Christianity by examining the origin of rational creatures, the nature of angels, and the beginnings of human history and sin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book XII (The City of God)
Target entity description: Book XII of *The City of God* is a theological and philosophical book by Augustine of Hippo that continues his defense of Christianity by examining the origin of rational creatures, the nature of angels, and the beginnings of human history and sin.
  • A. Book V (The City of God)
    Book V of *The City of God* is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s monumental Christian philosophical work that examines divine providence, free will, and the rise and fall of earthly empires within God’s overarching plan.
  • B. Book IV (The City of God)
    Book IV of *The City of God* is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s monumental Christian philosophical work, continuing his critique of pagan religion and Roman civic life while developing his theology of history and divine providence.
  • C. The City of God
    The City of God is a foundational Christian philosophical and theological work by St. Augustine that contrasts the earthly city with the heavenly city and profoundly shaped Western thought on history, politics, and religion.
  • D. Book II (The City of God)
    Book II of *The City of God* is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s seminal Christian philosophical work, in which he critiques pagan Roman religion and culture as inadequate foundations for true happiness and moral order.
  • E. Book VI (Vox Clamantis)
    Book VI of *Vox Clamantis* is a later section of John Gower’s Middle English Latin-verse poem, continuing his moral and political reflections within the larger allegorical work.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69d8838f242881908abd8bc138795886 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3865799848190af919dccde958ee4 completed April 18, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00c798389c8190aa9865d9aa746da5 completed May 10, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00c81185748190aa0652214a22d11b completed May 10, 2026, 6:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00c8aa5aac8190be5f79f992c8a0ec completed May 10, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:20 a.m.