Triple

T5094202
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nowell Codex E114826 entity
Predicate containsWork P2011 FINISHED
Object Letter of Alexander to Aristotle
The Letter of Alexander to Aristotle is a medieval literary text that purports to be a correspondence from Alexander the Great to his teacher Aristotle, often recounting his legendary exploits and marvels encountered on his campaigns.
 E493765 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: Letter of Alexander to Aristotle | Statement: [Nowell Codex, containsWork, Letter of Alexander to Aristotle]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Letter of Alexander to Aristotle
Context triple: [Nowell Codex, containsWork, Letter of Alexander to Aristotle]
  • A. Letter to Menoeceus
    Letter to Menoeceus is a short ethical treatise by Epicurus that outlines his philosophy of pleasure, virtue, and the rational pursuit of a tranquil life.
  • B. Letter to Demetrias
    Letter to Demetrias is a theological treatise by the British monk Pelagius, written as spiritual guidance to a young Roman noblewoman and known for articulating key Pelagian views on free will and moral responsibility.
  • C. Letter to Herodotus
    Letter to Herodotus is a foundational philosophical work by Epicurus that concisely outlines his views on physics and the nature of reality.
  • D. Letter to the Magnesians
    Letter to the Magnesians is an early Christian epistle traditionally attributed to Ignatius of Antioch, addressing the church in Magnesia with exhortations on unity, obedience to church leaders, and steadfastness in faith.
  • E. Commentaries on Aristotle
    Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
  • 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: Letter of Alexander to Aristotle
Triple: [Nowell Codex, containsWork, Letter of Alexander to Aristotle]
Generated description
The Letter of Alexander to Aristotle is a medieval literary text that purports to be a correspondence from Alexander the Great to his teacher Aristotle, often recounting his legendary exploits and marvels encountered on his campaigns.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Letter of Alexander to Aristotle
Target entity description: The Letter of Alexander to Aristotle is a medieval literary text that purports to be a correspondence from Alexander the Great to his teacher Aristotle, often recounting his legendary exploits and marvels encountered on his campaigns.
  • A. Letter to Menoeceus
    Letter to Menoeceus is a short ethical treatise by Epicurus that outlines his philosophy of pleasure, virtue, and the rational pursuit of a tranquil life.
  • B. Letter to Demetrias
    Letter to Demetrias is a theological treatise by the British monk Pelagius, written as spiritual guidance to a young Roman noblewoman and known for articulating key Pelagian views on free will and moral responsibility.
  • C. Letter to Herodotus
    Letter to Herodotus is a foundational philosophical work by Epicurus that concisely outlines his views on physics and the nature of reality.
  • D. Letter to the Magnesians
    Letter to the Magnesians is an early Christian epistle traditionally attributed to Ignatius of Antioch, addressing the church in Magnesia with exhortations on unity, obedience to church leaders, and steadfastness in faith.
  • E. Commentaries on Aristotle
    Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
  • 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_69bd443fc49c819089629c00e311310c completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd75454920819086e09d6055087e40 completed March 20, 2026, 4:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beba76ef188190ab31623d1a44ebb9 completed March 21, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bebb8e5f1c819082f0b59e9524d6e8 completed March 21, 2026, 3:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bebc30029081909b5c937308fefcf2 completed March 21, 2026, 3:41 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:40 p.m.