Triple

T6802211
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Siege of Syracuse E156212 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Appius Claudius Pulcher E286572 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: Appius Claudius Pulcher | Statement: [Siege of Syracuse, commander, Appius Claudius Pulcher]

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: Appius Claudius Pulcher
Context triple: [Siege of Syracuse, commander, Appius Claudius Pulcher]
  • A. Appius Claudius Pulcher chosen
    Appius Claudius Pulcher was a prominent Roman statesman and general from the patrician Claudian family who held high offices during the late Republic.
  • B. Publius Claudius Pulcher
    Publius Claudius Pulcher was a Roman politician and military commander of the patrician Claudian family, notorious for his impious treatment of the sacred chickens before his disastrous naval defeat in the First Punic War.
  • C. Aulus
    Aulus is a common Roman praenomen (given name) frequently used among men in ancient Rome.
  • D. Gnaeus Papirius Carbo
    Gnaeus Papirius Carbo was a Roman statesman and consul who led the Marian faction during the civil wars of the early 1st century BC.
  • E. Lucius Cornelius
    Lucius Cornelius was a Roman architect known for designing the Tabularium, the official records office of ancient Rome located on the Capitoline Hill.
  • 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_69c68826e6a48190a3d220b541e639de elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6d2e714d4819084c8109c4de7de72 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c71a9b0cc48190819380aeaf0228e7 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:16 p.m.