Triple

T1778612
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Zama E39236 entity
Predicate alliedCommander P6011 FINISHED
Object Masinissa
Masinissa was the first king of a unified Numidia, a powerful North African ally of Rome whose cavalry played a decisive role in defeating Carthage during the Second Punic War.
 E198938 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: Masinissa | Statement: [Battle of Zama, alliedCommander, Masinissa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Masinissa
Context triple: [Battle of Zama, alliedCommander, Masinissa]
  • A. Mitanni
    Mitanni was a powerful Hurrian-speaking kingdom of the Late Bronze Age in northern Mesopotamia and Syria, known for its chariotry, diplomacy, and rivalry with contemporary great powers such as Egypt and the Hittites.
  • B. Manyika
    Manyika is a major dialect of the Shona language spoken primarily in eastern Zimbabwe and adjacent areas of Mozambique.
  • C. Maaskant
    Maaskant is a Dutch surname most notably associated with architect Hugh Aart (H.A.) Maaskant, known for his influential post-war modernist buildings in the Netherlands.
  • D. Nesta
    Nesta is the middle name of legendary Jamaican reggae musician and cultural icon Bob Marley.
  • E. Mwanza
    Mwanza is a major port city in northwestern Tanzania, situated on the southern shores of Lake Victoria and serving as a key commercial and transport hub for the region.
  • 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: Masinissa
Triple: [Battle of Zama, alliedCommander, Masinissa]
Generated description
Masinissa was the first king of a unified Numidia, a powerful North African ally of Rome whose cavalry played a decisive role in defeating Carthage during the Second Punic War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Masinissa
Target entity description: Masinissa was the first king of a unified Numidia, a powerful North African ally of Rome whose cavalry played a decisive role in defeating Carthage during the Second Punic War.
  • A. Mitanni
    Mitanni was a powerful Hurrian-speaking kingdom of the Late Bronze Age in northern Mesopotamia and Syria, known for its chariotry, diplomacy, and rivalry with contemporary great powers such as Egypt and the Hittites.
  • B. Manyika
    Manyika is a major dialect of the Shona language spoken primarily in eastern Zimbabwe and adjacent areas of Mozambique.
  • C. Maaskant
    Maaskant is a Dutch surname most notably associated with architect Hugh Aart (H.A.) Maaskant, known for his influential post-war modernist buildings in the Netherlands.
  • D. Nesta
    Nesta is the middle name of legendary Jamaican reggae musician and cultural icon Bob Marley.
  • E. Mwanza
    Mwanza is a major port city in northwestern Tanzania, situated on the southern shores of Lake Victoria and serving as a key commercial and transport hub for the region.
  • 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_69a88630519c8190a17addd83c4a3ef4 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa64ba92a48190b69da748dfbfc53c completed March 6, 2026, 5:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada99d12f88190a9daec1b7dd64e67 completed March 8, 2026, 4:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adab03a5448190b42966adcd8afbde completed March 8, 2026, 4:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adaeabff6c8190b19bc6478a28641c completed March 8, 2026, 5:15 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.