Triple

T4856636
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sixth Syrian War E108551 entity
Predicate involved P1063 FINISHED
Object Roman envoy Gaius Popillius Laenas
Gaius Popillius Laenas was a Roman envoy best known for his decisive confrontation with the Seleucid king Antiochus IV, where he famously drew a circle in the sand to demand the king’s immediate withdrawal from Egypt.
E475127 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: Roman envoy Gaius Popillius Laenas | Statement: [Sixth Syrian War, involved, Roman envoy Gaius Popillius Laenas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roman envoy Gaius Popillius Laenas
Context triple: [Sixth Syrian War, involved, Roman envoy Gaius Popillius Laenas]
  • A. Gnaeus Egnatius
    Gnaeus Egnatius was a Roman proconsul and road-builder best known for initiating the construction of the Via Egnatia across the Balkans in the 2nd century BCE.
  • B. Gaius Papius Mutilus
    Gaius Papius Mutilus was a leading Samnite commander and prominent rebel leader during the Roman Social War (91–88 BC).
  • C. Quintus Poppaedius Silo
    Quintus Poppaedius Silo was a leading Marsic noble and military commander who became one of the principal leaders of the Italian allies against Rome during the Social War.
  • D. Titus Ollius
    Titus Ollius was a Roman of the early Imperial period, chiefly known as the father of the future empress Poppaea Sabina.
  • E. Rufrius Crispinus
    Rufrius Crispinus was a Roman equestrian and Praetorian Prefect under Emperor Claudius, later known chiefly as the first husband of the empress Poppaea Sabina.
  • 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: Roman envoy Gaius Popillius Laenas
Triple: [Sixth Syrian War, involved, Roman envoy Gaius Popillius Laenas]
Generated description
Gaius Popillius Laenas was a Roman envoy best known for his decisive confrontation with the Seleucid king Antiochus IV, where he famously drew a circle in the sand to demand the king’s immediate withdrawal from Egypt.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roman envoy Gaius Popillius Laenas
Target entity description: Gaius Popillius Laenas was a Roman envoy best known for his decisive confrontation with the Seleucid king Antiochus IV, where he famously drew a circle in the sand to demand the king’s immediate withdrawal from Egypt.
  • A. Gnaeus Egnatius
    Gnaeus Egnatius was a Roman proconsul and road-builder best known for initiating the construction of the Via Egnatia across the Balkans in the 2nd century BCE.
  • B. Gaius Papius Mutilus
    Gaius Papius Mutilus was a leading Samnite commander and prominent rebel leader during the Roman Social War (91–88 BC).
  • C. Quintus Poppaedius Silo
    Quintus Poppaedius Silo was a leading Marsic noble and military commander who became one of the principal leaders of the Italian allies against Rome during the Social War.
  • D. Titus Ollius
    Titus Ollius was a Roman of the early Imperial period, chiefly known as the father of the future empress Poppaea Sabina.
  • E. Rufrius Crispinus
    Rufrius Crispinus was a Roman equestrian and Praetorian Prefect under Emperor Claudius, later known chiefly as the first husband of the empress Poppaea Sabina.
  • 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_69bd440a89548190a5f14ba6da6b97dc completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6d3f24688190b2f2b79bcde96973 completed March 20, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5cec638481909a3345f348116bbc completed March 21, 2026, 8:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be5fd0ec648190842438a3235481e5 completed March 21, 2026, 9:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be606f82e88190b2b1501ec83b33af completed March 21, 2026, 9:10 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.