Triple

T2001854
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alans E43487 entity
Predicate mentionedBy P831 FINISHED
Object Ammianus Marcellinus
Ammianus Marcellinus was a 4th-century Roman historian and former soldier whose surviving work, the *Res Gestae*, is a major source for the history of the late Roman Empire.
E224012 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: Ammianus Marcellinus | Statement: [Alans, mentionedBy, Ammianus Marcellinus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ammianus Marcellinus
Context triple: [Alans, mentionedBy, Ammianus Marcellinus]
  • A. Cassius Dio
    Cassius Dio was a Roman statesman and historian best known for his extensive work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome from its legendary origins through the early 3rd century CE.
  • B. Tacitus
    Tacitus was a prominent Roman historian and senator best known for his detailed and critical accounts of the early Roman Empire, including references to figures such as Pontius Pilate and early Christians.
  • C. Suetonius
    Suetonius was a Roman historian and biographer best known for his work "The Twelve Caesars," which provides detailed accounts of the lives of Rome’s early emperors.
  • D. Lactantius
    Lactantius was an early 4th-century Christian author and apologist, best known for his work "Divine Institutes" and for serving as an advisor and tutor in the court of Emperor Constantine.
  • E. Dionysius of Halicarnassus
    Dionysius of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian and rhetorician of the 1st century BC, best known for his work "Roman Antiquities," which offers a detailed account of early Roman history and institutions.
  • 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: Ammianus Marcellinus
Triple: [Alans, mentionedBy, Ammianus Marcellinus]
Generated description
Ammianus Marcellinus was a 4th-century Roman historian and former soldier whose surviving work, the *Res Gestae*, is a major source for the history of the late Roman Empire.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ammianus Marcellinus
Target entity description: Ammianus Marcellinus was a 4th-century Roman historian and former soldier whose surviving work, the *Res Gestae*, is a major source for the history of the late Roman Empire.
  • A. Cassius Dio
    Cassius Dio was a Roman statesman and historian best known for his extensive work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome from its legendary origins through the early 3rd century CE.
  • B. Tacitus
    Tacitus was a prominent Roman historian and senator best known for his detailed and critical accounts of the early Roman Empire, including references to figures such as Pontius Pilate and early Christians.
  • C. Suetonius
    Suetonius was a Roman historian and biographer best known for his work "The Twelve Caesars," which provides detailed accounts of the lives of Rome’s early emperors.
  • D. Lactantius
    Lactantius was an early 4th-century Christian author and apologist, best known for his work "Divine Institutes" and for serving as an advisor and tutor in the court of Emperor Constantine.
  • E. Dionysius of Halicarnassus
    Dionysius of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian and rhetorician of the 1st century BC, best known for his work "Roman Antiquities," which offers a detailed account of early Roman history and institutions.
  • 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_69a88715dbbc8190b2299e29e955d997 completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb880c710819098fb877052ce56dc completed March 7, 2026, 5:32 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae0342ef8c8190b7771076282981c3 completed March 8, 2026, 11:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae057cc1a08190895031fa6c095f49 completed March 8, 2026, 11:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae0751eff4819086e5469a2c56a24d completed March 8, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.