Triple
T23121815
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Spercheios |
E576913
|
entity |
| Predicate | ByzantineEmperorAtTime |
P108801
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Basil II |
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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: Basil II | Statement: [Battle of Spercheios, ByzantineEmperorAtTime, Basil II]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basil II Context triple: [Battle of Spercheios, ByzantineEmperorAtTime, Basil II]
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A.
Basil II
chosen
Basil II was a powerful Byzantine emperor (reigned 976–1025) renowned for his military conquests, especially against the Bulgarians, and for strengthening imperial authority.
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B.
John I Tzimiskes
John I Tzimiskes was a 10th-century Byzantine emperor renowned for his military campaigns that significantly expanded and secured the Eastern Roman Empire’s frontiers.
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C.
Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos
Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos was a 10th-century Byzantine emperor renowned as a scholar-emperor and author of important works on imperial administration and court ceremony.
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D.
Alexios I Megas Komnenos
Alexios I Megas Komnenos was the first ruler of the Empire of Trebizond, a Byzantine Greek emperor who established a successor state to the Byzantine Empire on the Black Sea coast in the early 13th century.
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E.
Alexios I Komnenos
Alexios I Komnenos was a Byzantine emperor (r. 1081–1118) known for stabilizing the empire after a period of crisis, initiating the Komnenian restoration, and appealing to the West in ways that helped spark the First Crusade.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: ByzantineEmperorAtTime Context triple: [Battle of Spercheios, ByzantineEmperorAtTime, Basil II]
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A.
ByzantineEmperorDuringConflict
chosen
Indicates that a person held the office of Byzantine Emperor during the time span of a specified conflict.
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B.
ByzantineEmperorInCommand
Indicates that a person holds and exercises the supreme ruling and military authority as the Byzantine emperor.
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C.
underRomanEmperor
Indicates that one entity existed, occurred, or was governed during the reign of the specified Roman emperor.
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D.
wasEmperorOf
Indicates that one entity held the position and authority of emperor over another entity (typically a state, empire, or territory).
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E.
laterSupportedEmperor
Indicates that an entity provided support to an emperor at a later time or stage, rather than during the emperor’s initial rise or earlier period.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (3 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_69e245f6c2e881909a228fdcfeb7c7d3 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f18e50c500819095d59aef44388153 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:51 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69ef89f020588190b43393e048e7eda3 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 4:08 p.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:59 p.m.