Triple

T3095817
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Suetonius E64592 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object magister epistularum
Magister epistularum was a senior Roman imperial official responsible for managing and drafting the emperor’s official correspondence.
E159544 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: magister epistularum | Statement: [Suetonius, positionHeld, magister epistularum]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: magister epistularum
Context triple: [Suetonius, positionHeld, magister epistularum]
  • A. magister officiorum (disputed in sources)
    The magister officiorum was a high-ranking late Roman and Byzantine imperial official responsible for overseeing the palace bureaucracy, imperial correspondence, and various administrative and military offices.
  • B. magister navis
    The magister navis was a senior Roman naval commander responsible for overseeing fleets and maritime operations in the Roman state.
  • C. magister militum
    Magister militum was a senior military title in the late Roman Empire, denoting a top-ranking general who often wielded significant political power.
  • D. Master of Sacred Theology
    The Master of Sacred Theology is an advanced graduate degree in theological studies designed for in-depth scholarly research and specialized ministry preparation.
  • E. Medulla Theologiae
    Medulla Theologiae is a seminal 17th-century Reformed theological textbook by William Ames that systematically presents Calvinist doctrine and was widely used in Puritan and Protestant scholastic education.
  • 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: magister epistularum
Triple: [Suetonius, positionHeld, magister epistularum]
Generated description
Magister epistularum was a senior Roman imperial official responsible for managing and drafting the emperor’s official correspondence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: magister epistularum
Target entity description: Magister epistularum was a senior Roman imperial official responsible for managing and drafting the emperor’s official correspondence.
  • A. magister officiorum (disputed in sources) chosen
    The magister officiorum was a high-ranking late Roman and Byzantine imperial official responsible for overseeing the palace bureaucracy, imperial correspondence, and various administrative and military offices.
  • B. magister navis
    The magister navis was a senior Roman naval commander responsible for overseeing fleets and maritime operations in the Roman state.
  • C. magister militum
    Magister militum was a senior military title in the late Roman Empire, denoting a top-ranking general who often wielded significant political power.
  • D. Master of Sacred Theology
    The Master of Sacred Theology is an advanced graduate degree in theological studies designed for in-depth scholarly research and specialized ministry preparation.
  • E. Medulla Theologiae
    Medulla Theologiae is a seminal 17th-century Reformed theological textbook by William Ames that systematically presents Calvinist doctrine and was widely used in Puritan and Protestant scholastic education.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ad857dc98481909e585dc3372e3ed5 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada23b04188190919a69987d2c180f completed March 8, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2037483fc8190b8343faa58fb9893 completed March 12, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b204a8c5348190a2cb102b08fd6fa5 completed March 12, 2026, 12:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b205bdf5c881908bc6ef7c3c30df65 completed March 12, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:03 p.m.