Triple
T20853636
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sack of Thessalonica (1185) |
E513423
|
entity |
| Predicate | describedBySource |
P519
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Niketas Choniates |
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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: Niketas Choniates | Statement: [Sack of Thessalonica (1185), describedBySource, Niketas Choniates]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Niketas Choniates Context triple: [Sack of Thessalonica (1185), describedBySource, Niketas Choniates]
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A.
John Skylitzes
John Skylitzes was an 11th-century Byzantine historian and high official best known for his chronicle "Synopsis of Histories," a key narrative source on the middle Byzantine period.
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B.
Michael Attaleiates
Michael Attaleiates was an 11th-century Byzantine judge and historian best known for his detailed chronicle of the later reigns of the Macedonian dynasty and the events leading up to the Battle of Manzikert.
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C.
Demetrios Chalkokondyles
Demetrios Chalkokondyles was a 15th-century Greek scholar and humanist renowned for teaching Greek in Renaissance Italy and for editing and publishing important classical Greek texts.
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D.
Laonikos Chalkokondyles
Laonikos Chalkokondyles was a 15th-century Byzantine Greek historian best known for his detailed account of the late Byzantine Empire and the rise of the Ottoman Turks.
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E.
Michael Psellos
Michael Psellos was an 11th-century Byzantine polymath, philosopher, and statesman renowned for his influential writings on theology, philosophy, history, and literature.
- 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: Niketas Choniates Target entity description: Niketas Choniates was a 12th–13th century Byzantine historian and high-ranking official best known for his vivid and critical accounts of the late Byzantine Empire, including the events leading up to and following the Fourth Crusade.
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A.
John Skylitzes
John Skylitzes was an 11th-century Byzantine historian and high official best known for his chronicle "Synopsis of Histories," a key narrative source on the middle Byzantine period.
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B.
Michael Attaleiates
Michael Attaleiates was an 11th-century Byzantine judge and historian best known for his detailed chronicle of the later reigns of the Macedonian dynasty and the events leading up to the Battle of Manzikert.
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C.
Demetrios Chalkokondyles
Demetrios Chalkokondyles was a 15th-century Greek scholar and humanist renowned for teaching Greek in Renaissance Italy and for editing and publishing important classical Greek texts.
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D.
Laonikos Chalkokondyles
Laonikos Chalkokondyles was a 15th-century Byzantine Greek historian best known for his detailed account of the late Byzantine Empire and the rise of the Ottoman Turks.
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E.
Michael Psellos
Michael Psellos was an 11th-century Byzantine polymath, philosopher, and statesman renowned for his influential writings on theology, philosophy, history, and literature.
- 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_69e0b4f5b01081909452f654d2fc3f50 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c3a6015081909f604a88d04b36ea |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:24 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:44 p.m.