Triple

T8251045
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Church of the Roman Empire E192956 entity
Predicate experiencedEvent P149 FINISHED
Object Donatist controversy
The Donatist controversy was a major early Christian schism in North Africa centered on the legitimacy of clergy who had lapsed under persecution and the validity of the sacraments they administered.
E721516 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: Donatist controversy | Statement: [Church of the Roman Empire, experiencedEvent, Donatist controversy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donatist controversy
Context triple: [Church of the Roman Empire, experiencedEvent, Donatist controversy]
  • A. Meletian schism
    The Meletian schism was a major 4th-century ecclesiastical split within the Church of Antioch, marked by rival episcopal claimants and deep theological and political divisions during the Arian controversy.
  • B. Arian controversy
    The Arian controversy was a major 4th-century Christian theological dispute over the nature of Christ’s divinity and his relationship to God the Father, which led to deep divisions in the early Church and the formulation of key doctrines at councils such as Nicaea.
  • C. Pelagian controversy
    The Pelagian controversy was a major early Christian theological dispute over original sin, human free will, and divine grace, sparked by the teachings of Pelagius and condemned as heresy by the Western Church.
  • D. Nestorian controversy
    The Nestorian controversy was a 5th-century Christological dispute over the nature and person of Christ, centering on the teachings of Nestorius and the title of Mary as Theotokos, which led to major church councils and lasting schisms.
  • E. Origenist controversy
    The Origenist controversy was a major theological dispute in the early Christian Church over the teachings and legacy of the theologian Origen, particularly concerning issues like the pre-existence of souls and the eventual restoration of all beings.
  • 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: Donatist controversy
Triple: [Church of the Roman Empire, experiencedEvent, Donatist controversy]
Generated description
The Donatist controversy was a major early Christian schism in North Africa centered on the legitimacy of clergy who had lapsed under persecution and the validity of the sacraments they administered.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donatist controversy
Target entity description: The Donatist controversy was a major early Christian schism in North Africa centered on the legitimacy of clergy who had lapsed under persecution and the validity of the sacraments they administered.
  • A. Meletian schism
    The Meletian schism was a major 4th-century ecclesiastical split within the Church of Antioch, marked by rival episcopal claimants and deep theological and political divisions during the Arian controversy.
  • B. Arian controversy
    The Arian controversy was a major 4th-century Christian theological dispute over the nature of Christ’s divinity and his relationship to God the Father, which led to deep divisions in the early Church and the formulation of key doctrines at councils such as Nicaea.
  • C. Pelagian controversy
    The Pelagian controversy was a major early Christian theological dispute over original sin, human free will, and divine grace, sparked by the teachings of Pelagius and condemned as heresy by the Western Church.
  • D. Nestorian controversy
    The Nestorian controversy was a 5th-century Christological dispute over the nature and person of Christ, centering on the teachings of Nestorius and the title of Mary as Theotokos, which led to major church councils and lasting schisms.
  • E. Origenist controversy
    The Origenist controversy was a major theological dispute in the early Christian Church over the teachings and legacy of the theologian Origen, particularly concerning issues like the pre-existence of souls and the eventual restoration of all beings.
  • 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_69ca82de7b8c81908d8106f8a53cff9b completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb78c935408190b9196a849a8d3a3e completed March 31, 2026, 7:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd3540a0988190b8e48988279403db completed April 1, 2026, 3:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cd37a71af481909e82aa29ae558c4a completed April 1, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd4ef034ec8190a4229b21e6088c79 completed April 1, 2026, 4:59 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:48 p.m.