Triple

T1700473
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Plotinus E36755 entity
Predicate teacherOf P48 FINISHED
Object Castricius Firmus
Castricius Firmus was a lesser-known disciple of the Neoplatonist philosopher Plotinus, associated with the intellectual circle around him in 3rd-century Rome.
E191624 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: Castricius Firmus | Statement: [Plotinus, teacherOf, Castricius Firmus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Castricius Firmus
Context triple: [Plotinus, teacherOf, Castricius Firmus]
  • A. Faustulus
    Faustulus is the shepherd in Roman mythology who discovers the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus and secretly raises them.
  • B. Clemens Romanus
    Clemens Romanus, better known as Clement of Rome, was a first-century Christian leader traditionally regarded as one of the earliest popes and the author of an influential letter to the Corinthians.
  • C. Sabbatius
    Sabbatius was the father of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I and a man of humble Illyrian or Thracian origin whose lineage did not belong to the traditional Roman aristocracy.
  • D. Julius Civilis
    Julius Civilis was a 1st-century Batavian chieftain and Roman military officer who led a major revolt against Roman rule along the Rhine frontier.
  • E. Ulpius
    Ulpius is the family name (nomen gentilicium) of the Roman emperor Trajan, identifying him as a member of the gens Ulpia.
  • 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: Castricius Firmus
Triple: [Plotinus, teacherOf, Castricius Firmus]
Generated description
Castricius Firmus was a lesser-known disciple of the Neoplatonist philosopher Plotinus, associated with the intellectual circle around him in 3rd-century Rome.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Castricius Firmus
Target entity description: Castricius Firmus was a lesser-known disciple of the Neoplatonist philosopher Plotinus, associated with the intellectual circle around him in 3rd-century Rome.
  • A. Faustulus
    Faustulus is the shepherd in Roman mythology who discovers the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus and secretly raises them.
  • B. Clemens Romanus
    Clemens Romanus, better known as Clement of Rome, was a first-century Christian leader traditionally regarded as one of the earliest popes and the author of an influential letter to the Corinthians.
  • C. Sabbatius
    Sabbatius was the father of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I and a man of humble Illyrian or Thracian origin whose lineage did not belong to the traditional Roman aristocracy.
  • D. Julius Civilis
    Julius Civilis was a 1st-century Batavian chieftain and Roman military officer who led a major revolt against Roman rule along the Rhine frontier.
  • E. Ulpius
    Ulpius is the family name (nomen gentilicium) of the Roman emperor Trajan, identifying him as a member of the gens Ulpia.
  • 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_69a886163dec8190859c514232a37a05 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa62d501188190b2e6ebf4d84471da completed March 6, 2026, 5:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad799f98e48190b9eaf6f5151f4c80 completed March 8, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad7a224d248190b0d1a7f70b76c164 completed March 8, 2026, 1:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad7b4b4a208190966fa07a6f0d626e completed March 8, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.