Triple

T16931081
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Book VII (The City of God) E410707 entity
Predicate precedes P97 FINISHED
Object Book VIII (The City of God)
Book VIII of *The City of God* is a section of Augustine’s monumental Christian philosophical work in which he critically examines pagan philosophy and religion, especially Platonism, in relation to Christian doctrine.
E1250681 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 VIII (The City of God) | Statement: [Book VII (The City of God), precedes, Book VIII (The City of God)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book VIII (The City of God)
Context triple: [Book VII (The City of God), precedes, Book VIII (The City of God)]
  • A. Book XI (The City of God)
    Book XI of *The City of God* is a theological and philosophical book by Augustine of Hippo that begins the work’s second part, focusing on the creation of the world, the nature of angels, and the origin of the two cities—earthly and heavenly.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Book XVI (The City of God)
    Book XVI of *The City of God* is a theological and historical book by Augustine of Hippo that continues his Christian interpretation of human history, focusing especially on the patriarchs and the development of the City of God from Abraham to the kings of Israel.
  • E. Book XIII (The City of God)
    Book XIII of *The City of God* is a theological-philosophical book by Augustine of Hippo that focuses on the origin, nature, and consequences of death and mortality in humanity.
  • 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 VIII (The City of God)
Triple: [Book VII (The City of God), precedes, Book VIII (The City of God)]
Generated description
Book VIII of *The City of God* is a section of Augustine’s monumental Christian philosophical work in which he critically examines pagan philosophy and religion, especially Platonism, in relation to Christian doctrine.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book VIII (The City of God)
Target entity description: Book VIII of *The City of God* is a section of Augustine’s monumental Christian philosophical work in which he critically examines pagan philosophy and religion, especially Platonism, in relation to Christian doctrine.
  • A. Book XI (The City of God)
    Book XI of *The City of God* is a theological and philosophical book by Augustine of Hippo that begins the work’s second part, focusing on the creation of the world, the nature of angels, and the origin of the two cities—earthly and heavenly.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Book XVI (The City of God)
    Book XVI of *The City of God* is a theological and historical book by Augustine of Hippo that continues his Christian interpretation of human history, focusing especially on the patriarchs and the development of the City of God from Abraham to the kings of Israel.
  • E. Book XIII (The City of God)
    Book XIII of *The City of God* is a theological-philosophical book by Augustine of Hippo that focuses on the origin, nature, and consequences of death and mortality in humanity.
  • 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_69d886c886688190967be07322597ac9 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3cf25a6dc8190a2b9d9c4d2adc5fd completed April 18, 2026, 6:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0139eb7e388190978397aa9176a893 completed May 11, 2026, 2:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a013b0a077881909f09e4de8c19d180 completed May 11, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a013bb1cde48190aac8aaa55dab68d1 completed May 11, 2026, 2:15 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:30 a.m.