Triple

T3452747
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Justinianic Plague E72829 entity
Predicate documentedBy P4310 FINISHED
Object John of Ephesus
John of Ephesus was a 6th-century Syriac Christian bishop and historian known for his detailed accounts of events in the Byzantine Empire, including the Justinianic Plague.
E358479 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: John of Ephesus | Statement: [Justinianic Plague, documentedBy, John of Ephesus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John of Ephesus
Context triple: [Justinianic Plague, documentedBy, John of Ephesus]
  • A. Macarius of Antioch
    Macarius of Antioch was a 7th-century patriarch and theologian best known for his prominent role in defending the Monothelite doctrine, which led to his condemnation as a heretic.
  • B. Ephrem the Syrian
    Ephrem the Syrian was a 4th-century Syriac Christian theologian, hymnographer, and poet revered as a Church Father and Doctor of the Church.
  • C. Rabbula of Edessa
    Rabbula of Edessa was a 5th-century Syriac Christian bishop and theologian known for his vigorous advocacy of orthodoxy, monastic reform, and charitable works in the early Eastern Church.
  • D. Palladius of Helenopolis
    Palladius of Helenopolis was a 4th–5th century Christian monk and bishop best known for his *Lausiac History*, a seminal account of the lives and practices of the early Desert Fathers and Mothers.
  • E. John of Damascus
    John of Damascus was an 8th-century Christian monk, theologian, and hymnographer renowned for defending the veneration of icons and systematizing Eastern Orthodox theology.
  • 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: John of Ephesus
Triple: [Justinianic Plague, documentedBy, John of Ephesus]
Generated description
John of Ephesus was a 6th-century Syriac Christian bishop and historian known for his detailed accounts of events in the Byzantine Empire, including the Justinianic Plague.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John of Ephesus
Target entity description: John of Ephesus was a 6th-century Syriac Christian bishop and historian known for his detailed accounts of events in the Byzantine Empire, including the Justinianic Plague.
  • A. Macarius of Antioch
    Macarius of Antioch was a 7th-century patriarch and theologian best known for his prominent role in defending the Monothelite doctrine, which led to his condemnation as a heretic.
  • B. Ephrem the Syrian
    Ephrem the Syrian was a 4th-century Syriac Christian theologian, hymnographer, and poet revered as a Church Father and Doctor of the Church.
  • C. Rabbula of Edessa
    Rabbula of Edessa was a 5th-century Syriac Christian bishop and theologian known for his vigorous advocacy of orthodoxy, monastic reform, and charitable works in the early Eastern Church.
  • D. Palladius of Helenopolis
    Palladius of Helenopolis was a 4th–5th century Christian monk and bishop best known for his *Lausiac History*, a seminal account of the lives and practices of the early Desert Fathers and Mothers.
  • E. John of Damascus
    John of Damascus was an 8th-century Christian monk, theologian, and hymnographer renowned for defending the veneration of icons and systematizing Eastern Orthodox theology.
  • 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_69ad85b12a908190a1d10a6b03b4f8ae completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbaa2f5ec81909ced93c01e8fe38b completed March 8, 2026, 6:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b360ef69308190a11f37ddbf3bbc7b completed March 13, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b361958fd88190bd4a8d9837af6610 completed March 13, 2026, 1 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b362310884819082a59ab92fe05fdd completed March 13, 2026, 1:02 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:16 p.m.