Triple

T2789444
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thebes E61892 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Theban Sacred Band
The Theban Sacred Band was an elite ancient Greek military unit of 300 hoplite soldiers, famed for its battlefield effectiveness and composed of pairs of male lovers whose bonds were believed to strengthen their courage and cohesion in combat.
E298882 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: Theban Sacred Band | Statement: [Thebes, knownFor, Theban Sacred Band]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theban Sacred Band
Context triple: [Thebes, knownFor, Theban Sacred Band]
  • A. Perizzites
    The Perizzites were an ancient people mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as inhabitants of Canaan prior to the Israelite settlement.
  • B. Spartan army
    The Spartan army was the highly disciplined and professional land force of ancient Sparta, renowned for its rigorous training, strict military culture, and effectiveness in hoplite warfare.
  • C. Barbarathermen
    Barbarathermen is a large Roman bath complex in ancient Trier (Augusta Treverorum), Germany, notable as one of the biggest surviving Roman thermal bath ruins north of the Alps.
  • D. Athenian army
    The Athenian army was the land-based military force of ancient Athens, composed largely of citizen-soldiers who defended the city-state and fought in its numerous wars across classical Greece.
  • E. Athenian cavalry
    The Athenian cavalry was the mounted military force of ancient Athens, used primarily for reconnaissance, skirmishing, and supporting the city-state’s infantry-dominated armies.
  • 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: Theban Sacred Band
Triple: [Thebes, knownFor, Theban Sacred Band]
Generated description
The Theban Sacred Band was an elite ancient Greek military unit of 300 hoplite soldiers, famed for its battlefield effectiveness and composed of pairs of male lovers whose bonds were believed to strengthen their courage and cohesion in combat.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theban Sacred Band
Target entity description: The Theban Sacred Band was an elite ancient Greek military unit of 300 hoplite soldiers, famed for its battlefield effectiveness and composed of pairs of male lovers whose bonds were believed to strengthen their courage and cohesion in combat.
  • A. Perizzites
    The Perizzites were an ancient people mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as inhabitants of Canaan prior to the Israelite settlement.
  • B. Spartan army
    The Spartan army was the highly disciplined and professional land force of ancient Sparta, renowned for its rigorous training, strict military culture, and effectiveness in hoplite warfare.
  • C. Barbarathermen
    Barbarathermen is a large Roman bath complex in ancient Trier (Augusta Treverorum), Germany, notable as one of the biggest surviving Roman thermal bath ruins north of the Alps.
  • D. Athenian army
    The Athenian army was the land-based military force of ancient Athens, composed largely of citizen-soldiers who defended the city-state and fought in its numerous wars across classical Greece.
  • E. Athenian cavalry
    The Athenian cavalry was the mounted military force of ancient Athens, used primarily for reconnaissance, skirmishing, and supporting the city-state’s infantry-dominated armies.
  • 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_69ab4b7f51d881908768300ebd2fbdae completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abddb3d63c8190b3ab5fa363c69db8 completed March 7, 2026, 8:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afc6589558819088442f09db328dac completed March 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afc6d485d88190b281abec460ff24d completed March 10, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afc750fee08190bf3c112f6f204af4 completed March 10, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:58 p.m.