Triple

T2599333
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Epictetus E58304 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Discourses
Discourses is a collection of teachings by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus, recorded by his student Arrian, that outlines practical guidance for living a virtuous and rational life.
 E282645 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: Discourses | Statement: [Epictetus, notableWork, Discourses]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Discourses
Context triple: [Epictetus, notableWork, Discourses]
  • A. Dialogues
    Dialogues is a collection of hagiographical and miracle stories by Pope Gregory the Great, presenting the lives and wonders of Italian saints in late antiquity.
  • B. Several Tracts and Discourses
    "Several Tracts and Discourses" is a collection of theological and moral writings by the English churchman and Archbishop of York John Sharp.
  • C. Acta Non Verba
    Acta Non Verba is the Latin motto of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, emphasizing the primacy of actions over words.
  • D. Second Discourse
    Second Discourse is Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s influential philosophical treatise examining the origins and development of social inequality and its moral and political implications.
  • E. Catechetical Discourses
    Catechetical Discourses is a collection of spiritual and theological teachings by the Byzantine mystic Symeon the New Theologian, focusing on inner transformation and direct experience of God.
  • 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: Discourses
Triple: [Epictetus, notableWork, Discourses]
Generated description
Discourses is a collection of teachings by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus, recorded by his student Arrian, that outlines practical guidance for living a virtuous and rational life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Discourses
Target entity description: Discourses is a collection of teachings by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus, recorded by his student Arrian, that outlines practical guidance for living a virtuous and rational life.
  • A. Dialogues
    Dialogues is a collection of hagiographical and miracle stories by Pope Gregory the Great, presenting the lives and wonders of Italian saints in late antiquity.
  • B. Several Tracts and Discourses
    "Several Tracts and Discourses" is a collection of theological and moral writings by the English churchman and Archbishop of York John Sharp.
  • C. Acta Non Verba
    Acta Non Verba is the Latin motto of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, emphasizing the primacy of actions over words.
  • D. Second Discourse
    Second Discourse is Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s influential philosophical treatise examining the origins and development of social inequality and its moral and political implications.
  • E. Catechetical Discourses
    Catechetical Discourses is a collection of spiritual and theological teachings by the Byzantine mystic Symeon the New Theologian, focusing on inner transformation and direct experience of God.
  • 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_69ab4ac14040819098b13f4a27d5c8ff completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd4563b8c8190934616651e93654c completed March 7, 2026, 7:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af83cfdd6081908cdeb21243e73dda completed March 10, 2026, 2:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af878cfbd8819092e81326bbb1dfd3 completed March 10, 2026, 2:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af8809574c819087ebf57cf5cffb7c completed March 10, 2026, 2:55 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:49 p.m.