Triple

T9075019
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Thapsus E217462 entity
Predicate locatedNear P294 FINISHED
Object Thapsus
Thapsus was an ancient coastal city in modern-day Tunisia that served as a strategic port and the site of significant military conflicts in classical antiquity.
 E780716 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: Thapsus | Statement: [Battle of Thapsus, locatedNear, Thapsus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thapsus
Context triple: [Battle of Thapsus, locatedNear, Thapsus]
  • A. Sabratha
    Sabratha is an ancient Phoenician and Roman city on Libya’s Mediterranean coast, renowned for its well-preserved classical ruins and monumental theater.
  • B. Leptis Magna
    Leptis Magna is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Roman city on the Mediterranean coast, renowned for its grand architecture and archaeological significance.
  • C. Ghardaïa
    Ghardaïa is a historic oasis city in northern Algeria, renowned for its distinctive Mozabite architecture and role as a cultural and commercial center of the M’zab Valley.
  • D. Cyrene
    Cyrene is an ancient Greek and Roman city in eastern Libya renowned for its well-preserved ruins and historical significance as a major center of classical civilization.
  • E. Cirta
    Cirta was an important ancient Numidian and later Roman city in North Africa, located in what is now northeastern Algeria.
  • 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: Thapsus
Triple: [Battle of Thapsus, locatedNear, Thapsus]
Generated description
Thapsus was an ancient coastal city in modern-day Tunisia that served as a strategic port and the site of significant military conflicts in classical antiquity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thapsus
Target entity description: Thapsus was an ancient coastal city in modern-day Tunisia that served as a strategic port and the site of significant military conflicts in classical antiquity.
  • A. Sabratha
    Sabratha is an ancient Phoenician and Roman city on Libya’s Mediterranean coast, renowned for its well-preserved classical ruins and monumental theater.
  • B. Leptis Magna
    Leptis Magna is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Roman city on the Mediterranean coast, renowned for its grand architecture and archaeological significance.
  • C. Ghardaïa
    Ghardaïa is a historic oasis city in northern Algeria, renowned for its distinctive Mozabite architecture and role as a cultural and commercial center of the M’zab Valley.
  • D. Cyrene
    Cyrene is an ancient Greek and Roman city in eastern Libya renowned for its well-preserved ruins and historical significance as a major center of classical civilization.
  • E. Cirta
    Cirta was an important ancient Numidian and later Roman city in North Africa, located in what is now northeastern Algeria.
  • 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_69ca83d6c14c8190bc056d927f00a2a2 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc95c4026c8190b553aedb9f4beabb completed April 1, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d04781c4d08190b91d02fa43fa57e0 completed April 3, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d048dbcfe08190afb6ee816e22ddfc completed April 3, 2026, 11:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d049b159d08190ad426bb7f9bcafb1 completed April 3, 2026, 11:13 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:12 p.m.