Triple

T3083442
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pontus E64311 entity
Predicate hasRuler P5424 FINISHED
Object Pharnaces II of Pontus
Pharnaces II of Pontus was a 1st-century BC king best known as the son of Mithridates VI and for his failed attempt to challenge Roman power, culminating in his swift defeat by Julius Caesar at the Battle of Zela.
E335597 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: Pharnaces II of Pontus | Statement: [Pontus, hasRuler, Pharnaces II of Pontus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pharnaces II of Pontus
Context triple: [Pontus, hasRuler, Pharnaces II of Pontus]
  • A. Pharnaces I of Pontus
    Pharnaces I of Pontus was a 2nd-century BC king who expanded the Pontic Kingdom’s power around the Black Sea and founded the important port city of Pharnacia.
  • B. Nicomedes I of Bithynia
    Nicomedes I of Bithynia was a 3rd-century BC king of Bithynia in northwestern Anatolia, noted for his ambitious state-building, dynastic struggles, and close dealings with emerging Roman power.
  • C. Pharnabazus II
    Pharnabazus II was a 4th-century BC Persian satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia who played a key role in Achaemenid military and diplomatic efforts against Sparta, notably by supporting Athens and its allies.
  • D. Prusias I of Bithynia
    Prusias I of Bithynia was a Hellenistic king of Bithynia in northwestern Anatolia, known for his involvement in regional power struggles and for giving refuge to the Carthaginian general Hannibal.
  • E. Nicomedes IV
    Nicomedes IV was the final monarch of the ancient kingdom of Bithynia, known for bequeathing his realm to the Roman Republic, which led to its annexation as a Roman province.
  • 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: Pharnaces II of Pontus
Triple: [Pontus, hasRuler, Pharnaces II of Pontus]
Generated description
Pharnaces II of Pontus was a 1st-century BC king best known as the son of Mithridates VI and for his failed attempt to challenge Roman power, culminating in his swift defeat by Julius Caesar at the Battle of Zela.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pharnaces II of Pontus
Target entity description: Pharnaces II of Pontus was a 1st-century BC king best known as the son of Mithridates VI and for his failed attempt to challenge Roman power, culminating in his swift defeat by Julius Caesar at the Battle of Zela.
  • A. Pharnaces I of Pontus
    Pharnaces I of Pontus was a 2nd-century BC king who expanded the Pontic Kingdom’s power around the Black Sea and founded the important port city of Pharnacia.
  • B. Nicomedes I of Bithynia
    Nicomedes I of Bithynia was a 3rd-century BC king of Bithynia in northwestern Anatolia, noted for his ambitious state-building, dynastic struggles, and close dealings with emerging Roman power.
  • C. Pharnabazus II
    Pharnabazus II was a 4th-century BC Persian satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia who played a key role in Achaemenid military and diplomatic efforts against Sparta, notably by supporting Athens and its allies.
  • D. Prusias I of Bithynia
    Prusias I of Bithynia was a Hellenistic king of Bithynia in northwestern Anatolia, known for his involvement in regional power struggles and for giving refuge to the Carthaginian general Hannibal.
  • E. Nicomedes IV
    Nicomedes IV was the final monarch of the ancient kingdom of Bithynia, known for bequeathing his realm to the Roman Republic, which led to its annexation as a Roman province.
  • 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_69ad857bb4c88190a4cf27893fcabed8 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada1e877008190aacbd6f1357bdb9b completed March 8, 2026, 4:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b24b21a2548190a04d122494f8c247 completed March 12, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b24c5154008190aaaf07333de85370 completed March 12, 2026, 5:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b24cf888288190b02782467c932862 completed March 12, 2026, 5:19 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:03 p.m.