Triple

T8618728
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus E204107 entity
Predicate agnomen P50475 FINISHED
Object Numidicus
Numidicus is the agnomen of the Roman statesman and general Quintus Caecilius Metellus, earned for his military successes in the Jugurthine War in Numidia.
E746775 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: Numidicus | Statement: [Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, agnomen, Numidicus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Numidicus
Context triple: [Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, agnomen, Numidicus]
  • A. Numida
    Numida is a genus of guineafowl, best known for the helmeted guineafowl commonly domesticated for meat and pest control.
  • B. Statilia
    Statilia is an ancient Roman feminine praenomen (given name) most notably borne by the empress Statilia Messalina, wife of Emperor Nero.
  • C. Sabinum
    Sabinum was the ancient central Italian region traditionally associated with the Sabine people, located in the Apennine area northeast of Rome.
  • D. Punica
    Punica is a small genus of flowering plants best known for the pomegranate, a fruit-bearing shrub or small tree cultivated worldwide.
  • E. Cercartetus
    Cercartetus is a genus of tiny Australian marsupials commonly known as pygmy possums, noted for their arboreal lifestyle and ability to enter torpor.
  • 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: Numidicus
Triple: [Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, agnomen, Numidicus]
Generated description
Numidicus is the agnomen of the Roman statesman and general Quintus Caecilius Metellus, earned for his military successes in the Jugurthine War in Numidia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Numidicus
Target entity description: Numidicus is the agnomen of the Roman statesman and general Quintus Caecilius Metellus, earned for his military successes in the Jugurthine War in Numidia.
  • A. Numida
    Numida is a genus of guineafowl, best known for the helmeted guineafowl commonly domesticated for meat and pest control.
  • B. Statilia
    Statilia is an ancient Roman feminine praenomen (given name) most notably borne by the empress Statilia Messalina, wife of Emperor Nero.
  • C. Sabinum
    Sabinum was the ancient central Italian region traditionally associated with the Sabine people, located in the Apennine area northeast of Rome.
  • D. Punica
    Punica is a small genus of flowering plants best known for the pomegranate, a fruit-bearing shrub or small tree cultivated worldwide.
  • E. Cercartetus
    Cercartetus is a genus of tiny Australian marsupials commonly known as pygmy possums, noted for their arboreal lifestyle and ability to enter torpor.
  • 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_69ca832ceab8819096e4a9f546695079 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc4712e74c81908b607a0ab2f9a361 completed March 31, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cebbcb910881909088da53c6e31ae3 completed April 2, 2026, 6:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cebcc22d208190801b4ec58614dfcb completed April 2, 2026, 7 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cebdf3f288819088d83165c741d092 completed April 2, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:26 p.m.