Triple

T21558682
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Castrum Truentinum E531957 entity
Predicate mentionedBy P831 FINISHED
Object Pliny the Elder NE NERFINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Pliny the Elder | Statement: [Castrum Truentinum, mentionedBy, Pliny the Elder]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pliny the Elder
Context triple: [Castrum Truentinum, mentionedBy, Pliny the Elder]
  • A. Pliny the Elder chosen
    Pliny the Elder was a 1st-century Roman author, naturalist, and military commander best known for his encyclopedic work "Naturalis Historia," which compiled much of the scientific and cultural knowledge of the ancient world.
  • B. Pliny the Younger
    Pliny the Younger was a Roman lawyer, author, and magistrate best known for his surviving letters, which provide a vivid picture of Roman administrative life and include eyewitness accounts of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
  • C. Appianus
    Appianus is the Latinized name of Appian of Alexandria, a 2nd-century Roman historian best known for his multi-volume work "Roman History," which covers the rise and expansion of Rome.
  • D. Marcus Annaeus Mela
    Marcus Annaeus Mela was a Roman equestrian and father of the poet Lucan, best known as the younger brother of the philosopher and statesman Seneca the Younger.
  • E. Julius Capitolinus
    Julius Capitolinus is a purported Roman biographer traditionally credited as one of the authors of the Historia Augusta, a late antique collection of imperial biographies.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (2 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69e0c460232c81908de2c3819d17c00e elicitation completed
NER batch_69eed2e21c5c8190aa32795e41f1550e ner completed
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:29 p.m.