Triple

T9200220
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Assassination of Severus Alexander E220817 entity
Predicate followedBy P78 FINISHED
Object reign of Maximinus Thrax
The reign of Maximinus Thrax was a brief, turbulent period of the Roman Empire (235–238 AD) marked by military rule, heavy taxation, and the onset of the Crisis of the Third Century.
E785805 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: reign of Maximinus Thrax | Statement: [Assassination of Severus Alexander, followedBy, reign of Maximinus Thrax]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: reign of Maximinus Thrax
Context triple: [Assassination of Severus Alexander, followedBy, reign of Maximinus Thrax]
  • A. Reign of Macrinus
    The Reign of Macrinus was a brief period in Roman imperial history (AD 217–218) when the praetorian prefect Macrinus became emperor following Caracalla’s death, marked by military discontent and his eventual overthrow.
  • B. Reign of Caracalla
    The Reign of Caracalla was the period of Roman imperial rule under Emperor Caracalla, marked by military campaigns, the extension of Roman citizenship through the Constitutio Antoniniana, and increasing political instability.
  • C. Year of the Five Emperors
    The Year of the Five Emperors was a tumultuous period of civil war and rapid imperial succession in 193 AD that ultimately paved the way for the rise of the Severan dynasty in the Roman Empire.
  • D. Year of the Six Emperors
    The Year of the Six Emperors was a tumultuous period in 238 AD when rapid successions and overlapping claims to the Roman imperial throne led to extreme political instability in the empire.
  • E. Severan dynasty
    The Severan dynasty was a Roman imperial family that ruled from 193 to 235 CE, overseeing a period of military expansion, legal reform, and monumental building across the empire.
  • 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: reign of Maximinus Thrax
Triple: [Assassination of Severus Alexander, followedBy, reign of Maximinus Thrax]
Generated description
The reign of Maximinus Thrax was a brief, turbulent period of the Roman Empire (235–238 AD) marked by military rule, heavy taxation, and the onset of the Crisis of the Third Century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: reign of Maximinus Thrax
Target entity description: The reign of Maximinus Thrax was a brief, turbulent period of the Roman Empire (235–238 AD) marked by military rule, heavy taxation, and the onset of the Crisis of the Third Century.
  • A. Reign of Macrinus
    The Reign of Macrinus was a brief period in Roman imperial history (AD 217–218) when the praetorian prefect Macrinus became emperor following Caracalla’s death, marked by military discontent and his eventual overthrow.
  • B. Reign of Caracalla
    The Reign of Caracalla was the period of Roman imperial rule under Emperor Caracalla, marked by military campaigns, the extension of Roman citizenship through the Constitutio Antoniniana, and increasing political instability.
  • C. Year of the Five Emperors
    The Year of the Five Emperors was a tumultuous period of civil war and rapid imperial succession in 193 AD that ultimately paved the way for the rise of the Severan dynasty in the Roman Empire.
  • D. Year of the Six Emperors
    The Year of the Six Emperors was a tumultuous period in 238 AD when rapid successions and overlapping claims to the Roman imperial throne led to extreme political instability in the empire.
  • E. Severan dynasty
    The Severan dynasty was a Roman imperial family that ruled from 193 to 235 CE, overseeing a period of military expansion, legal reform, and monumental building across the empire.
  • 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_69ca83e8e9248190862cf3e41693b310 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ccd881c5d48190bbc33fac71a1d849 completed April 1, 2026, 8:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d065dbcf908190a6e36cef879cd31b completed April 4, 2026, 1:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0676ea53c81908b16dfce6810f6b0 completed April 4, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0684c1a108190bc7fdfdced16e24c completed April 4, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:25 p.m.