Triple

T2536171
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Seneca the Younger E56273 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object De Brevitate Vitae
De Brevitate Vitae is a philosophical essay by Seneca the Younger that reflects on the nature of time and argues that life is long enough if used wisely.
E274038 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: De Brevitate Vitae | Statement: [Seneca the Younger, notableWork, De Brevitate Vitae]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De Brevitate Vitae
Context triple: [Seneca the Younger, notableWork, De Brevitate Vitae]
  • A. De viris illustribus
    De viris illustribus is a late 4th-century biographical work by Jerome that catalogs and briefly describes notable Christian authors and their writings.
  • B. The Retired Man’s Meditations
    The Retired Man’s Meditations is a 17th-century religious and political treatise by English statesman and Puritan mystic Henry Vane the Younger, reflecting his contemplative theology and republican ideals.
  • C. De vita libri tres
    De vita libri tres is a 15th-century philosophical and medical treatise by Marsilio Ficino that explores the care of the scholar’s body and soul through astrology, humoral theory, and Neoplatonic thought.
  • D. On the Fates of Famous Men
    On the Fates of Famous Men is a 14th-century Latin prose work by Giovanni Boccaccio that compiles moralizing biographies illustrating the rise and fall of notable historical and mythological figures.
  • E. Meditations
    Meditations is a series of personal writings by Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius that articulate key principles of Stoic philosophy and self-discipline.
  • 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: De Brevitate Vitae
Triple: [Seneca the Younger, notableWork, De Brevitate Vitae]
Generated description
De Brevitate Vitae is a philosophical essay by Seneca the Younger that reflects on the nature of time and argues that life is long enough if used wisely.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De Brevitate Vitae
Target entity description: De Brevitate Vitae is a philosophical essay by Seneca the Younger that reflects on the nature of time and argues that life is long enough if used wisely.
  • A. De viris illustribus
    De viris illustribus is a late 4th-century biographical work by Jerome that catalogs and briefly describes notable Christian authors and their writings.
  • B. The Retired Man’s Meditations
    The Retired Man’s Meditations is a 17th-century religious and political treatise by English statesman and Puritan mystic Henry Vane the Younger, reflecting his contemplative theology and republican ideals.
  • C. De vita libri tres
    De vita libri tres is a 15th-century philosophical and medical treatise by Marsilio Ficino that explores the care of the scholar’s body and soul through astrology, humoral theory, and Neoplatonic thought.
  • D. On the Fates of Famous Men
    On the Fates of Famous Men is a 14th-century Latin prose work by Giovanni Boccaccio that compiles moralizing biographies illustrating the rise and fall of notable historical and mythological figures.
  • E. Meditations
    Meditations is a series of personal writings by Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius that articulate key principles of Stoic philosophy and self-discipline.
  • 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_69ab4a49b6508190bc467fbef4bac334 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd2965fe08190a4aedaf636076241 completed March 7, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af2bbf248481908f588bc1cf46d168 completed March 9, 2026, 8:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af43444ba481909311e86f5ab3a2c9 completed March 9, 2026, 10:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af43a2055c8190906a984afe0298c9 completed March 9, 2026, 10:03 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.