Triple

T18173251

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Ben-Hur (2016 film)	`E435084`	entity
Predicate	character	`P662`	FINISHED
Object	Messala Severus	`—`	NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Messala Severus | Statement: [Ben-Hur (2016 film), character, Messala Severus]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Messala Severus
Context triple: [Ben-Hur (2016 film), character, Messala Severus]

A. Flavius Valerius Severus
Flavius Valerius Severus was a Roman emperor of the early 4th century who briefly ruled the Western Roman Empire during the turbulent period of the Tetrarchy.
B. Sextus Julius Severus
Sextus Julius Severus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and governor, best known for his decisive role in suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judea.
C. Libius Severus
Libius Severus was a little-known Western Roman emperor who reigned from 461 to 465 AD as a puppet of the powerful general Ricimer during the empire’s final decline.
D. Marcus Sedatius Severianus
Marcus Sedatius Severianus was a 2nd-century Roman senator and general best known for leading a disastrous campaign against the Parthians in Armenia under Emperor Hadrian.
E. Quintillus
Quintillus was a short-reigning 3rd-century Roman emperor who briefly ruled after Claudius Gothicus and before Aurelian during the Crisis of the Third Century.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Messala Severus
Target entity description: Messala Severus is the ambitious and conflicted Roman adoptive brother and rival of Judah Ben-Hur in the 2016 film adaptation of "Ben-Hur."

A. Flavius Valerius Severus
Flavius Valerius Severus was a Roman emperor of the early 4th century who briefly ruled the Western Roman Empire during the turbulent period of the Tetrarchy.
B. Sextus Julius Severus
Sextus Julius Severus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and governor, best known for his decisive role in suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judea.
C. Libius Severus
Libius Severus was a little-known Western Roman emperor who reigned from 461 to 465 AD as a puppet of the powerful general Ricimer during the empire’s final decline.
D. Marcus Sedatius Severianus
Marcus Sedatius Severianus was a 2nd-century Roman senator and general best known for leading a disastrous campaign against the Parthians in Armenia under Emperor Hadrian.
E. Quintillus
Quintillus was a short-reigning 3rd-century Roman emperor who briefly ruled after Claudius Gothicus and before Aurelian during the Crisis of the Third Century.
F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69d8b90b7a188190b3fc7b8d4a6cd20a`	completed	April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e4df583a8081908c07d3534091c2ae`	completed	April 19, 2026, 1:57 p.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:30 a.m.