Triple

T1703137
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gaius Marius E36809 entity
Predicate servedUnder P258 FINISHED
Object Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, noted for his aristocratic leadership in the Jugurthine War and his opposition to the rising power of Gaius Marius.
E204107 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: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus | Statement: [Gaius Marius, servedUnder, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
Context triple: [Gaius Marius, servedUnder, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus]
  • A. Gaius Papius Mutilus
    Gaius Papius Mutilus was a leading Samnite commander and prominent rebel leader during the Roman Social War (91–88 BC).
  • B. Lucius Cornelius Sulla
    Lucius Cornelius Sulla was a Roman general and statesman who became dictator, known for his civil war victory, constitutional reforms, and infamous proscriptions.
  • C. Gaius Marius
    Gaius Marius was a powerful Roman general and statesman whose military reforms and unprecedented seven consulships profoundly reshaped the late Roman Republic.
  • D. Scipio Aemilianus
    Scipio Aemilianus was a prominent Roman general and statesman best known for leading the final destruction of Carthage and later playing a key role in Roman politics and cultural life in the 2nd century BCE.
  • E. Lucius Aemilius Paullus
    Lucius Aemilius Paullus was a Roman consul and general best known for his role in the Second Punic War, particularly his defeat and death at the Battle of Cannae against Hannibal.
  • 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: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
Triple: [Gaius Marius, servedUnder, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus]
Generated description
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, noted for his aristocratic leadership in the Jugurthine War and his opposition to the rising power of Gaius Marius.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
Target entity description: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, noted for his aristocratic leadership in the Jugurthine War and his opposition to the rising power of Gaius Marius.
  • A. Gaius Papius Mutilus
    Gaius Papius Mutilus was a leading Samnite commander and prominent rebel leader during the Roman Social War (91–88 BC).
  • B. Lucius Cornelius Sulla
    Lucius Cornelius Sulla was a Roman general and statesman who became dictator, known for his civil war victory, constitutional reforms, and infamous proscriptions.
  • C. Gaius Marius
    Gaius Marius was a powerful Roman general and statesman whose military reforms and unprecedented seven consulships profoundly reshaped the late Roman Republic.
  • D. Scipio Aemilianus
    Scipio Aemilianus was a prominent Roman general and statesman best known for leading the final destruction of Carthage and later playing a key role in Roman politics and cultural life in the 2nd century BCE.
  • E. Lucius Aemilius Paullus
    Lucius Aemilius Paullus was a Roman consul and general best known for his role in the Second Punic War, particularly his defeat and death at the Battle of Cannae against Hannibal.
  • 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_69a88617439c819094ffb5d16a0f6307 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa62f0eb408190809d1f6496d38e0b completed March 6, 2026, 5:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adbf46f51c8190bae3e47c97054188 completed March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adc1942da4819081fdcb4cc4b5f9f2 completed March 8, 2026, 6:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adc225e1ec8190adbc075f44b82419 completed March 8, 2026, 6:38 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.