Triple

T5183782
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Geats E116981 entity
Predicate associatedWithRuler P2830 FINISHED
Object Hrethel
Hrethel is a legendary king of the Geats in the Old English epic Beowulf, known as Beowulf’s foster-father and a central figure in the poem’s royal lineage.
E503902 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: Hrethel | Statement: [Geats, associatedWithRuler, Hrethel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hrethel
Context triple: [Geats, associatedWithRuler, Hrethel]
  • A. Hygelac
    Hygelac is the legendary king of the Geats and uncle to the hero Beowulf in the Old English epic poem.
  • B. Alfrid
    Alfrid is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, commonly associated with medieval and fantasy settings.
  • C. Cynric of Wessex
    Cynric of Wessex was an early 6th-century Anglo-Saxon ruler traditionally regarded as one of the first kings of Wessex and a key figure in the establishment of the West Saxon kingdom in southern England.
  • D. Hrothmund
    Hrothmund is a legendary Danish prince from the Old English epic Beowulf, known as one of King Hrothgar’s sons and a member of the Scylding royal line.
  • E. Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians
    Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, was a late 9th- to early 10th-century Anglo-Saxon ruler who governed Mercia in alliance with Wessex during the struggle against Viking invasions and was married to Alfred the Great’s daughter Æthelflæd.
  • 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: Hrethel
Triple: [Geats, associatedWithRuler, Hrethel]
Generated description
Hrethel is a legendary king of the Geats in the Old English epic Beowulf, known as Beowulf’s foster-father and a central figure in the poem’s royal lineage.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hrethel
Target entity description: Hrethel is a legendary king of the Geats in the Old English epic Beowulf, known as Beowulf’s foster-father and a central figure in the poem’s royal lineage.
  • A. Hygelac
    Hygelac is the legendary king of the Geats and uncle to the hero Beowulf in the Old English epic poem.
  • B. Alfrid
    Alfrid is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, commonly associated with medieval and fantasy settings.
  • C. Cynric of Wessex
    Cynric of Wessex was an early 6th-century Anglo-Saxon ruler traditionally regarded as one of the first kings of Wessex and a key figure in the establishment of the West Saxon kingdom in southern England.
  • D. Hrothmund
    Hrothmund is a legendary Danish prince from the Old English epic Beowulf, known as one of King Hrothgar’s sons and a member of the Scylding royal line.
  • E. Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians
    Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, was a late 9th- to early 10th-century Anglo-Saxon ruler who governed Mercia in alliance with Wessex during the struggle against Viking invasions and was married to Alfred the Great’s daughter Æthelflæd.
  • 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_69bd44620ff48190bcac01782107a397 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd799eb90c8190b738e9478699180f completed March 20, 2026, 4:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beefb6eaac8190a34b01c6e30b41dc completed March 21, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bef244f8d88190bc88767fc9e859a2 completed March 21, 2026, 7:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bef2d5a9508190a6ef4c3bb4f7dd02 completed March 21, 2026, 7:34 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:46 p.m.