Triple

T9054425
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Byzacena E216961 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Praetorian prefecture of Africa
The Praetorian prefecture of Africa was a major late Roman administrative division encompassing North African provinces that served as a key political, military, and economic center of the Western Empire.
E775043 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: Praetorian prefecture of Africa | Statement: [Byzacena, partOf, Praetorian prefecture of Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Praetorian prefecture of Africa
Context triple: [Byzacena, partOf, Praetorian prefecture of Africa]
  • A. Praetorian Prefecture of the Gauls
    The Praetorian Prefecture of the Gauls was a major late Roman administrative division encompassing much of Western Europe, including Gaul, Hispania, and Britain, governed by a praetorian prefect.
  • B. Illyricum prefecture
    Illyricum prefecture was a major late Roman administrative division encompassing much of the western Balkans and parts of the eastern Adriatic region.
  • C. Exarchate of Africa
    The Exarchate of Africa was a Byzantine administrative and military province established in North Africa in the late 6th century, serving as a key imperial outpost against external threats and local unrest.
  • D. Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima
    The Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima was an administrative region of the Eastern Roman Empire in the Levant, centered on major cities such as Caesarea Maritima and Jerusalem during Late Antiquity.
  • E. Constantine Province
    Constantine Province is an administrative region in northeastern Algeria centered around the historic city of Constantine.
  • 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: Praetorian prefecture of Africa
Triple: [Byzacena, partOf, Praetorian prefecture of Africa]
Generated description
The Praetorian prefecture of Africa was a major late Roman administrative division encompassing North African provinces that served as a key political, military, and economic center of the Western Empire.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Praetorian prefecture of Africa
Target entity description: The Praetorian prefecture of Africa was a major late Roman administrative division encompassing North African provinces that served as a key political, military, and economic center of the Western Empire.
  • A. Praetorian Prefecture of the Gauls
    The Praetorian Prefecture of the Gauls was a major late Roman administrative division encompassing much of Western Europe, including Gaul, Hispania, and Britain, governed by a praetorian prefect.
  • B. Illyricum prefecture
    Illyricum prefecture was a major late Roman administrative division encompassing much of the western Balkans and parts of the eastern Adriatic region.
  • C. Exarchate of Africa
    The Exarchate of Africa was a Byzantine administrative and military province established in North Africa in the late 6th century, serving as a key imperial outpost against external threats and local unrest.
  • D. Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima
    The Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima was an administrative region of the Eastern Roman Empire in the Levant, centered on major cities such as Caesarea Maritima and Jerusalem during Late Antiquity.
  • E. Constantine Province
    Constantine Province is an administrative region in northeastern Algeria centered around the historic city of Constantine.
  • 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_69ca83d362e88190ae44b4e4dc194209 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc7a72e2dc8190a16deff8abe701b1 completed April 1, 2026, 1:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfebdb01a8819084365c9b73506a28 completed April 3, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfeda64d488190ad6f514f2e5c6195 completed April 3, 2026, 4:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfee809b54819089d4d0d5c555e428 completed April 3, 2026, 4:44 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:10 p.m.