Triple
T3756957
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chronicle |
E82070
|
entity |
| Predicate | usesSource |
P409
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Julius Africanus
Julius Africanus was a 3rd-century Christian historian and chronographer best known for composing an influential universal history that synthesized biblical and secular chronologies.
|
E386022
|
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: Julius Africanus | Statement: [Chronicle, usesSource, Julius Africanus]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Julius Africanus Context triple: [Chronicle, usesSource, Julius Africanus]
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A.
Appian of Alexandria
Appian of Alexandria was a 2nd-century AD Greek historian and Roman official best known for his multi-volume work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome’s rise and its civil wars.
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B.
Lucius Seius Strabo
Lucius Seius Strabo was a Roman equestrian and praetorian prefect under Emperor Tiberius, best known as the father of the powerful and later disgraced prefect Sejanus.
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C.
Diodorus of Tarsus
Diodorus of Tarsus was a 4th-century Christian bishop and theologian known as a key precursor of the Antiochene school of biblical exegesis and an opponent of Arianism.
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D.
Posidonius of Apamea
Posidonius of Apamea was a prominent Hellenistic philosopher, polymath, and influential later Stoic thinker whose work bridged Stoicism with contemporary science, history, and geography.
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E.
Marcus Annaeus Mela
Marcus Annaeus Mela was a Roman equestrian and father of the poet Lucan, best known as the younger brother of the philosopher and statesman Seneca the Younger.
- 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: Julius Africanus Triple: [Chronicle, usesSource, Julius Africanus]
Generated description
Julius Africanus was a 3rd-century Christian historian and chronographer best known for composing an influential universal history that synthesized biblical and secular chronologies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Julius Africanus Target entity description: Julius Africanus was a 3rd-century Christian historian and chronographer best known for composing an influential universal history that synthesized biblical and secular chronologies.
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A.
Appian of Alexandria
Appian of Alexandria was a 2nd-century AD Greek historian and Roman official best known for his multi-volume work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome’s rise and its civil wars.
-
B.
Lucius Seius Strabo
Lucius Seius Strabo was a Roman equestrian and praetorian prefect under Emperor Tiberius, best known as the father of the powerful and later disgraced prefect Sejanus.
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C.
Diodorus of Tarsus
Diodorus of Tarsus was a 4th-century Christian bishop and theologian known as a key precursor of the Antiochene school of biblical exegesis and an opponent of Arianism.
-
D.
Posidonius of Apamea
Posidonius of Apamea was a prominent Hellenistic philosopher, polymath, and influential later Stoic thinker whose work bridged Stoicism with contemporary science, history, and geography.
-
E.
Marcus Annaeus Mela
Marcus Annaeus Mela was a Roman equestrian and father of the poet Lucan, best known as the younger brother of the philosopher and statesman Seneca the Younger.
- 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_69ad8b1db40081908b61ffa6b78afd4d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adcbbe7a6081909b0f835a77941300 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4e50bfdb0819097bdfdd38f553ada |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:33 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4e6c7164881909f14bf5b57916ae3 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4e74df9b481909d5286c64ae6d91a |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:35 p.m.