Triple

T8329944
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New Testament textual apparatus E195049 entity
Predicate basedOn P98 FINISHED
Object New Testament patristic citations
New Testament patristic citations are quotations and allusions to New Testament writings found in early Christian authors, used by scholars to reconstruct and evaluate the text’s early transmission history.
 E195049 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: New Testament patristic citations | Statement: [New Testament textual apparatus, basedOn, New Testament patristic citations]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

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: New Testament patristic citations
Context triple: [New Testament textual apparatus, basedOn, New Testament patristic citations]
  • A. New Testament textual apparatus
    The New Testament textual apparatus is a critical tool in biblical scholarship that presents and evaluates the variant readings of New Testament manuscripts to help determine the most reliable text.
  • B. New Testament scholarship
    New Testament scholarship is the academic field that critically investigates the origins, composition, historical context, and theology of the writings of the Christian New Testament.
  • C. The New Testament: Its Background, Growth, and Content
    The New Testament: Its Background, Growth, and Content is a scholarly introduction to the New Testament that surveys its historical context, formation, and literary structure, authored by biblical scholar Bruce M. Metzger.
  • D. Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament
    Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament is John Wesley’s influential 18th-century biblical commentary that provides practical, devotional, and theological insights on the New Testament text.
  • E. The New Testament in the Original Greek
    The New Testament in the Original Greek is a critical edition of the Greek New Testament produced in the 19th century by Brooke Foss Westcott and Fenton John Anthony Hort, highly influential in modern biblical scholarship and textual criticism.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: New Testament patristic citations
Target entity description: New Testament patristic citations are quotations and allusions to New Testament writings found in early Christian authors, used by scholars to reconstruct and evaluate the text’s early transmission history.
  • A. New Testament textual apparatus chosen
    The New Testament textual apparatus is a critical tool in biblical scholarship that presents and evaluates the variant readings of New Testament manuscripts to help determine the most reliable text.
  • B. New Testament scholarship
    New Testament scholarship is the academic field that critically investigates the origins, composition, historical context, and theology of the writings of the Christian New Testament.
  • C. The New Testament: Its Background, Growth, and Content
    The New Testament: Its Background, Growth, and Content is a scholarly introduction to the New Testament that surveys its historical context, formation, and literary structure, authored by biblical scholar Bruce M. Metzger.
  • D. Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament
    Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament is John Wesley’s influential 18th-century biblical commentary that provides practical, devotional, and theological insights on the New Testament text.
  • E. The New Testament in the Original Greek
    The New Testament in the Original Greek is a critical edition of the Greek New Testament produced in the 19th century by Brooke Foss Westcott and Fenton John Anthony Hort, highly influential in modern biblical scholarship and textual criticism.
  • F. None of above.

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: New Testament patristic citations
Triple: [New Testament textual apparatus, basedOn, New Testament patristic citations]
Generated description
New Testament patristic citations are quotations and allusions to New Testament writings found in early Christian authors, used by scholars to reconstruct and evaluate the text’s early transmission history.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca82e87f2c8190bdb71ee29dfc642d elicitation completed
NER batch_69cb7fb995508190b2ca94ad45bf6d24 ner completed
NED1 batch_69cd95c2c36481909793e9cd0c28168a ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69cdb2e3457c8190a2d0cb6eeb81c9ef ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69cdab60ec308190a9001f9235e556b4 nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:56 p.m.