Triple

T9054445
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zeugitana E216962 entity
Predicate majorCity P316 FINISHED
Object Thuburbo Maius
Thuburbo Maius was an important ancient Roman city in North Africa, located in what is now northern Tunisia.
E777245 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: Thuburbo Maius | Statement: [Zeugitana, majorCity, Thuburbo Maius]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thuburbo Maius
Context triple: [Zeugitana, majorCity, Thuburbo Maius]
  • A. Volubilis
    Volubilis was a prominent ancient Roman city in present-day Morocco, renowned for its well-preserved ruins and role as a major administrative and economic center in North Africa.
  • B. Thugga
    Thugga is an ancient Roman-Berber city in modern-day Tunisia renowned for its well-preserved ruins and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • C. Ulpia
    Ulpia is a Latin name element commonly associated with Roman imperial and colonial foundations, particularly linked to Emperor Trajan’s family name Ulpius.
  • D. Timgad
    Timgad was a prominent Roman colonial city in present-day Algeria, renowned for its well-preserved grid layout and extensive ruins that exemplify urban planning in Roman North Africa.
  • E. Durostorum
    Durostorum was a major Roman military and urban center on the lower Danube, located in the province of Moesia (modern Silistra, Bulgaria).
  • 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: Thuburbo Maius
Triple: [Zeugitana, majorCity, Thuburbo Maius]
Generated description
Thuburbo Maius was an important ancient Roman city in North Africa, located in what is now northern Tunisia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thuburbo Maius
Target entity description: Thuburbo Maius was an important ancient Roman city in North Africa, located in what is now northern Tunisia.
  • A. Volubilis
    Volubilis was a prominent ancient Roman city in present-day Morocco, renowned for its well-preserved ruins and role as a major administrative and economic center in North Africa.
  • B. Thugga
    Thugga is an ancient Roman-Berber city in modern-day Tunisia renowned for its well-preserved ruins and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • C. Ulpia
    Ulpia is a Latin name element commonly associated with Roman imperial and colonial foundations, particularly linked to Emperor Trajan’s family name Ulpius.
  • D. Timgad
    Timgad was a prominent Roman colonial city in present-day Algeria, renowned for its well-preserved grid layout and extensive ruins that exemplify urban planning in Roman North Africa.
  • E. Durostorum
    Durostorum was a major Roman military and urban center on the lower Danube, located in the province of Moesia (modern Silistra, Bulgaria).
  • 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_69d0177fb9108190846fe872bb003b08 completed April 3, 2026, 7:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d01908d7b08190ab159048f25924d5 completed April 3, 2026, 7:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d019b9be10819091e25d5b3a8d26c1 completed April 3, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:10 p.m.