Triple

T8916580
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sumerian literature E212308 entity
Predicate primaryCitiesFeatured P61428 FINISHED
Object Eridu
Eridu is an ancient Sumerian city often regarded as one of the world’s earliest urban centers and a significant religious and cultural hub in Mesopotamian civilization.
E773537 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: Eridu | Statement: [Sumerian literature, primaryCitiesFeatured, Eridu]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eridu
Context triple: [Sumerian literature, primaryCitiesFeatured, Eridu]
  • A. Nippur
    Nippur was an ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia that served as a major religious center dedicated to the god Enlil.
  • B. Lagash
    Lagash was an important ancient Sumerian city-state in southern Mesopotamia, known for its early political power, distinctive art, and extensive cuneiform records.
  • C. Tell al-Ubaid
    Tell al-Ubaid is an important archaeological mound in southern Mesopotamia known for its early Sumerian temple architecture and distinctive Ubaid-period pottery.
  • D. Sippar
    Sippar was an important ancient Mesopotamian city, renowned as a religious and administrative center particularly associated with the sun god Shamash.
  • E. Erech
    Erech is the ancient name for the Mesopotamian city of Uruk, one of the earliest major urban centers in human history.
  • 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: Eridu
Triple: [Sumerian literature, primaryCitiesFeatured, Eridu]
Generated description
Eridu is an ancient Sumerian city often regarded as one of the world’s earliest urban centers and a significant religious and cultural hub in Mesopotamian civilization.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eridu
Target entity description: Eridu is an ancient Sumerian city often regarded as one of the world’s earliest urban centers and a significant religious and cultural hub in Mesopotamian civilization.
  • A. Nippur
    Nippur was an ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia that served as a major religious center dedicated to the god Enlil.
  • B. Lagash
    Lagash was an important ancient Sumerian city-state in southern Mesopotamia, known for its early political power, distinctive art, and extensive cuneiform records.
  • C. Tell al-Ubaid
    Tell al-Ubaid is an important archaeological mound in southern Mesopotamia known for its early Sumerian temple architecture and distinctive Ubaid-period pottery.
  • D. Sippar
    Sippar was an important ancient Mesopotamian city, renowned as a religious and administrative center particularly associated with the sun god Shamash.
  • E. Erech
    Erech is the ancient name for the Mesopotamian city of Uruk, one of the earliest major urban centers in human history.
  • 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_69ca8393b1808190bd4336787ffa2c40 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc6610cd48819090a184c5f9465626 completed April 1, 2026, 12:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfdb83445c819085be0b13517292c9 completed April 3, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfe012b3d48190ba38e8ee3bb0fc8b completed April 3, 2026, 3:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfe060aaec8190af5f7dd8914f5325 completed April 3, 2026, 3:44 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:56 p.m.