Triple

T8259902
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject gens Octavia E193166 entity
Predicate cognomenUsed P50475 FINISHED
Object Rufus
Rufus is a cognomen historically used by members of the Roman gens Octavia, distinguishing a particular family branch within that lineage.
 E721282 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: Rufus | Statement: [gens Octavia, cognomenUsed, Rufus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Rufus
Context triple: [gens Octavia, cognomenUsed, Rufus]
  • A. Rufus
    Rufus was a 1970s American funk and R&B band best known for launching Chaka Khan’s career and for hits like “Tell Me Something Good” and “Ain’t Nobody.”
  • B. Rufus
    Rufus is the given first name of American actor and director Alan Hale Sr., known for his prolific work in early Hollywood cinema.
  • C. Shep
    Shep is the station code used to identify Sheppard–Yonge station in the Toronto subway system.
  • D. Shep
    Shep is a central, brooding former basketball star in the 1994 sports drama film "Above the Rim," known for his troubled past and mentorship of the young protagonist.
  • E. Rex
    Rex is a veteran clone trooper captain from the Star Wars universe who appears in Star Wars Rebels as an experienced ally of the early Rebel Alliance.
  • 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: Rufus
Triple: [gens Octavia, cognomenUsed, Rufus]
Generated description
Rufus is a cognomen historically used by members of the Roman gens Octavia, distinguishing a particular family branch within that lineage.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Rufus
Target entity description: Rufus is a cognomen historically used by members of the Roman gens Octavia, distinguishing a particular family branch within that lineage.
  • A. Rufus
    Rufus was a 1970s American funk and R&B band best known for launching Chaka Khan’s career and for hits like “Tell Me Something Good” and “Ain’t Nobody.”
  • B. Rufus
    Rufus is the given first name of American actor and director Alan Hale Sr., known for his prolific work in early Hollywood cinema.
  • C. Shep
    Shep is the station code used to identify Sheppard–Yonge station in the Toronto subway system.
  • D. Shep
    Shep is a central, brooding former basketball star in the 1994 sports drama film "Above the Rim," known for his troubled past and mentorship of the young protagonist.
  • E. Rex
    Rex is a veteran clone trooper captain from the Star Wars universe who appears in Star Wars Rebels as an experienced ally of the early Rebel Alliance.
  • 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_69ca82dfad9c8190b8cd18fb89f50f40 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb793479d08190bd0dd8740bebff95 completed March 31, 2026, 7:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd3564c8508190a1c6575756043aa1 completed April 1, 2026, 3:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cd37a7ea30819094b1c140868fab5f completed April 1, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd4f0055dc8190803a7c412533aec4 completed April 1, 2026, 4:59 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:49 p.m.