Triple

T4248483
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nicanor E95785 entity
Predicate militaryBranch P253 FINISHED
Object Seleucid royal army
The Seleucid royal army was the principal military force of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, composed of a mix of Macedonian-style phalanx infantry, cavalry, and diverse regional troops used to control its vast territories in the Near East.
E425067 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: Seleucid royal army | Statement: [Nicanor, militaryBranch, Seleucid royal army]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Seleucid royal army
Context triple: [Nicanor, militaryBranch, Seleucid royal army]
  • A. Plataean army
    The Plataean army was the small but crucial Greek city-state force that fought alongside Athens to help defeat the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
  • B. Parthian cavalry
    Parthian cavalry were the highly mobile horse-archer and heavy cataphract forces that formed the core of the Parthian Empire’s military power and were famed for tactics like the “Parthian shot.”
  • C. Persian army
    The Persian army was the formidable military force of the ancient Persian Empire, known for its vast size, diverse troops from many subject peoples, and major clashes with Greek city-states during the Greco-Persian Wars.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries
    The Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries were a large force of Greek hoplite soldiers who famously marched deep into the Persian Empire and then fought their way back to Greece, an ordeal recounted by Xenophon in his work Anabasis.
  • 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: Seleucid royal army
Triple: [Nicanor, militaryBranch, Seleucid royal army]
Generated description
The Seleucid royal army was the principal military force of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, composed of a mix of Macedonian-style phalanx infantry, cavalry, and diverse regional troops used to control its vast territories in the Near East.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Seleucid royal army
Target entity description: The Seleucid royal army was the principal military force of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, composed of a mix of Macedonian-style phalanx infantry, cavalry, and diverse regional troops used to control its vast territories in the Near East.
  • A. Plataean army
    The Plataean army was the small but crucial Greek city-state force that fought alongside Athens to help defeat the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
  • B. Parthian cavalry
    Parthian cavalry were the highly mobile horse-archer and heavy cataphract forces that formed the core of the Parthian Empire’s military power and were famed for tactics like the “Parthian shot.”
  • C. Persian army
    The Persian army was the formidable military force of the ancient Persian Empire, known for its vast size, diverse troops from many subject peoples, and major clashes with Greek city-states during the Greco-Persian Wars.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries
    The Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries were a large force of Greek hoplite soldiers who famously marched deep into the Persian Empire and then fought their way back to Greece, an ordeal recounted by Xenophon in his work Anabasis.
  • 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_69b3453f759881909b91f01a1e82c036 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34e9cb71481909b4baa370193148f completed March 12, 2026, 11:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5a87c033881908e0cf9fdfecaf36a completed March 14, 2026, 6:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5a925b8e881908338dc0620b18734 completed March 14, 2026, 6:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5ad224c848190b1ce76d61fc1d564 completed March 14, 2026, 6:46 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:06 p.m.