Triple

T8098329
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Julii family E189042 entity
Predicate hasCognomen P6662 FINISHED
Object Silanus
Silanus was a cognomen used by several members of the ancient Roman Julii family, notably borne by politicians and nobles of the late Republic and early Empire.
 E710725 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: Silanus | Statement: [Julii family, hasCognomen, Silanus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Silanus
Context triple: [Julii family, hasCognomen, Silanus]
  • A. Flaccus
    Flaccus is the cognomen of the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus, commonly known in English as Horace.
  • B. Aelius
    Aelius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire, including emperors and high-ranking officials.
  • C. Thascius
    Thascius is the family name of the early Christian bishop and martyr Cyprian of Carthage.
  • D. Incilius
    Incilius is a genus of true toads native mainly to the Americas, including species such as the Sonoran Desert toad.
  • E. Sabbatius
    Sabbatius was the father of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I and a man of humble Illyrian or Thracian origin whose lineage did not belong to the traditional Roman aristocracy.
  • 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: Silanus
Triple: [Julii family, hasCognomen, Silanus]
Generated description
Silanus was a cognomen used by several members of the ancient Roman Julii family, notably borne by politicians and nobles of the late Republic and early Empire.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Silanus
Target entity description: Silanus was a cognomen used by several members of the ancient Roman Julii family, notably borne by politicians and nobles of the late Republic and early Empire.
  • A. Flaccus
    Flaccus is the cognomen of the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus, commonly known in English as Horace.
  • B. Aelius
    Aelius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire, including emperors and high-ranking officials.
  • C. Thascius
    Thascius is the family name of the early Christian bishop and martyr Cyprian of Carthage.
  • D. Incilius
    Incilius is a genus of true toads native mainly to the Americas, including species such as the Sonoran Desert toad.
  • E. Sabbatius
    Sabbatius was the father of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I and a man of humble Illyrian or Thracian origin whose lineage did not belong to the traditional Roman aristocracy.
  • 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_69ca82b886d88190a9cba0d5a4a27521 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb4294b73481908c8373b8eca0f608 completed March 31, 2026, 3:42 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc641a4b4881908a1aec4bc2ed619e completed April 1, 2026, 12:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc68652bb0819098cd14d4431a4cd0 completed April 1, 2026, 12:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc69531a3c8190b712b3df6beefb7b completed April 1, 2026, 12:39 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:30 p.m.