Triple

T2511740
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Septimius Severus E52716 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Didius Julianus
Didius Julianus was a short-lived Roman emperor in 193 AD, infamous for effectively purchasing the imperial throne during the chaotic Year of the Five Emperors.
E283832 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: Didius Julianus | Statement: [Septimius Severus, predecessor, Didius Julianus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Didius Julianus
Context triple: [Septimius Severus, predecessor, Didius Julianus]
  • A. Libius Severus
    Libius Severus was a little-known Western Roman emperor who reigned from 461 to 465 AD as a puppet of the powerful general Ricimer during the empire’s final decline.
  • B. Anicius Probinus (probable)
    Anicius Probinus (probable) was a late Roman aristocrat of the influential Anicii family, likely active in high imperial office and remembered chiefly as the probable father of the Western Roman emperor Petronius Maximus.
  • C. Sextus Julius Severus
    Sextus Julius Severus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and governor, best known for his decisive role in suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judea.
  • D. Macrinus
    Macrinus was a Roman emperor who briefly ruled from 217 to 218 CE, notable for being the first emperor to come from the equestrian class rather than the traditional senatorial aristocracy.
  • E. Jovinus
    Jovinus was a Roman usurper who briefly claimed the imperial title in Gaul during the early 5th century Western Roman Empire.
  • 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: Didius Julianus
Triple: [Septimius Severus, predecessor, Didius Julianus]
Generated description
Didius Julianus was a short-lived Roman emperor in 193 AD, infamous for effectively purchasing the imperial throne during the chaotic Year of the Five Emperors.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Didius Julianus
Target entity description: Didius Julianus was a short-lived Roman emperor in 193 AD, infamous for effectively purchasing the imperial throne during the chaotic Year of the Five Emperors.
  • A. Libius Severus
    Libius Severus was a little-known Western Roman emperor who reigned from 461 to 465 AD as a puppet of the powerful general Ricimer during the empire’s final decline.
  • B. Anicius Probinus (probable)
    Anicius Probinus (probable) was a late Roman aristocrat of the influential Anicii family, likely active in high imperial office and remembered chiefly as the probable father of the Western Roman emperor Petronius Maximus.
  • C. Sextus Julius Severus
    Sextus Julius Severus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and governor, best known for his decisive role in suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judea.
  • D. Macrinus
    Macrinus was a Roman emperor who briefly ruled from 217 to 218 CE, notable for being the first emperor to come from the equestrian class rather than the traditional senatorial aristocracy.
  • E. Jovinus
    Jovinus was a Roman usurper who briefly claimed the imperial title in Gaul during the early 5th century Western Roman Empire.
  • 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_69ab4958e76481908a235377dd921c9e completed March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd1efb5c48190a9b47b39a388412b completed March 7, 2026, 7:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af9068798c8190958c5522276906fe completed March 10, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af90f63dac8190b3282b5029d22fab completed March 10, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af918e7b50819082f37f9cdb3271a2 completed March 10, 2026, 3:35 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:46 p.m.