Triple
T21645132
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Second Sophistic |
E534193
|
entity |
| Predicate | keySource |
P49178
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Philostratus' Lives of the Sophists |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Philostratus' Lives of the Sophists | Statement: [Second Sophistic, keySource, Philostratus' Lives of the Sophists]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philostratus' Lives of the Sophists Context triple: [Second Sophistic, keySource, Philostratus' Lives of the Sophists]
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A.
Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
Diogenes Laertius’ *Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers* is an early third-century biographical and doxographical compendium that preserves many of the principal anecdotes, teachings, and fragments of ancient Greek philosophers.
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B.
Xenophon’s Socratic writings
Xenophon’s Socratic writings are a collection of dialogues and memoirs in which Xenophon portrays Socrates’ character, conversations, and practical philosophy on ethics, leadership, and daily life.
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C.
Plutarch's Moralia
Plutarch's Moralia is a collection of essays and dialogues by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch, covering ethical, religious, political, and literary topics.
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D.
Philostratus’ Imagines
chosen
Philostratus’ *Imagines* is a collection of ekphrastic descriptions of paintings, blending art criticism and imaginative storytelling in the form of rhetorical essays from the Second Sophistic period.
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E.
Xenophon's Apology of Socrates
Xenophon's Apology of Socrates is a Socratic dialogue in which the historian Xenophon presents an alternative account of Socrates' defense speech and character at his trial, distinct from Plato's more famous version.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0c466aec88190ba39c7543dbc8ba2 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ef5393ed388190a0bc385de2b861bf |
completed | April 27, 2026, 12:16 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:35 p.m.