Triple

T4551106
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ptolemy VI Philometor E110164 entity
Predicate opponent P437 FINISHED
Object Demetrius II Nicator E423164 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Demetrius II Nicator | Statement: [Ptolemy VI Philometor, opponent, Demetrius II Nicator]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Demetrius II Nicator
Context triple: [Ptolemy VI Philometor, opponent, Demetrius II Nicator]
  • A. Demetrius II Nicator chosen
    Demetrius II Nicator was a Seleucid king of Syria in the 2nd century BCE, known for his turbulent reign marked by civil wars, foreign invasions, and repeated struggles to maintain control of his fractured empire.
  • B. Demetrius I Soter
    Demetrius I Soter was a 2nd-century BC Seleucid king known for reclaiming the throne from usurpers and briefly restoring the strength of the Hellenistic Syrian kingdom.
  • C. Seleucus IV Philopator
    Seleucus IV Philopator was a Hellenistic king of the Seleucid Empire who ruled from 187 to 175 BC, known for his relatively quiet reign focused on paying heavy war indemnities to Rome after his father Antiochus III’s defeat.
  • D. Apollodotus I
    Apollodotus I was an early and influential Indo-Greek king who expanded Hellenistic rule into northwestern India and is known for his bilingual coinage and role in fostering Greco-Indian cultural exchange.
  • E. Diodotus I
    Diodotus I was a 3rd-century BCE Hellenistic ruler who led the secession of Bactria from the Seleucid Empire and established an independent Greco-Bactrian kingdom in Central Asia.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69bd4412524c8190be5bcc9ddee91848 elicitation completed
NER batch_69bd57f5a0a081909977ccbb8aba633c ner completed
NED1 batch_69bdb954393c8190b6ff6a5faa129d09 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:05 p.m.