Triple

T1715879
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Virgil E37288 entity
Predicate patron P2320 FINISHED
Object Maecenas
Maecenas was a prominent Roman statesman and influential patron of the arts, best known for supporting poets such as Virgil and Horace during the reign of Augustus.
E204127 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: Maecenas | Statement: [Virgil, patron, Maecenas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maecenas
Context triple: [Virgil, patron, Maecenas]
  • A. Horace
    Horace is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with figures such as the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus and later borne by notable individuals like the English writer and politician Horace Walpole.
  • B. Gaius Terentius Varro
    Gaius Terentius Varro was a Roman consul and military commander best known for co-leading the Roman forces that suffered a devastating defeat to Hannibal at the Battle of Cannae during the Second Punic War.
  • C. Quintus Poppaedius Silo
    Quintus Poppaedius Silo was a leading Marsic noble and military commander who became one of the principal leaders of the Italian allies against Rome during the Social War.
  • D. Marcus Atius Balbus
    Marcus Atius Balbus was a Roman senator and aristocrat of the late Republic, best known as the maternal grandfather of the future emperor Augustus.
  • E. Seneca the Younger
    Seneca the Younger was a prominent Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and playwright who served as advisor to Emperor Nero and authored influential works on ethics and practical wisdom.
  • 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: Maecenas
Triple: [Virgil, patron, Maecenas]
Generated description
Maecenas was a prominent Roman statesman and influential patron of the arts, best known for supporting poets such as Virgil and Horace during the reign of Augustus.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maecenas
Target entity description: Maecenas was a prominent Roman statesman and influential patron of the arts, best known for supporting poets such as Virgil and Horace during the reign of Augustus.
  • A. Horace
    Horace is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with figures such as the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus and later borne by notable individuals like the English writer and politician Horace Walpole.
  • B. Gaius Terentius Varro
    Gaius Terentius Varro was a Roman consul and military commander best known for co-leading the Roman forces that suffered a devastating defeat to Hannibal at the Battle of Cannae during the Second Punic War.
  • C. Quintus Poppaedius Silo
    Quintus Poppaedius Silo was a leading Marsic noble and military commander who became one of the principal leaders of the Italian allies against Rome during the Social War.
  • D. Marcus Atius Balbus
    Marcus Atius Balbus was a Roman senator and aristocrat of the late Republic, best known as the maternal grandfather of the future emperor Augustus.
  • E. Seneca the Younger
    Seneca the Younger was a prominent Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and playwright who served as advisor to Emperor Nero and authored influential works on ethics and practical wisdom.
  • 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_69a8861912dc8190931af43b4b9158a7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa6334cd20819086aed7b8adcba4d9 completed March 6, 2026, 5:16 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.