Triple

T9911611
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Marius the Epicurean E185157 entity
Predicate containsCharacter P5716 FINISHED
Object Flavian
Flavian is a fictional character in Walter Pater’s philosophical novel "Marius the Epicurean," representing youthful beauty and aesthetic sensibility within the story’s exploration of Epicureanism.
 E829644 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: Flavian | Statement: [Marius the Epicurean, containsCharacter, Flavian]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Flavian
Context triple: [Marius the Epicurean, containsCharacter, Flavian]
  • A. Vespasian
    Vespasian was a 1st-century Roman emperor best known for restoring stability after Nero’s reign and initiating major building projects such as the Colosseum.
  • B. Flavius
    Flavius is a common Roman praenomen and family name frequently borne by late Roman emperors and officials, including Romulus Augustulus.
  • C. Flavian dynasty
    The Flavian dynasty was a Roman imperial family that ruled from 69 to 96 AD, overseeing major building projects like the Colosseum and restoring stability after the chaos of Nero’s reign and the Year of the Four Emperors.
  • D. Emperor Titus
    Emperor Titus was a 1st-century Roman emperor of the Flavian dynasty, best known for completing the Colosseum and for his military victories, including the siege of Jerusalem.
  • E. Romanus
    Romanus is a Latin masculine given name and cognomen historically used throughout the Roman world and later in various European cultures.
  • 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: Flavian
Triple: [Marius the Epicurean, containsCharacter, Flavian]
Generated description
Flavian is a fictional character in Walter Pater’s philosophical novel "Marius the Epicurean," representing youthful beauty and aesthetic sensibility within the story’s exploration of Epicureanism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Flavian
Target entity description: Flavian is a fictional character in Walter Pater’s philosophical novel "Marius the Epicurean," representing youthful beauty and aesthetic sensibility within the story’s exploration of Epicureanism.
  • A. Vespasian
    Vespasian was a 1st-century Roman emperor best known for restoring stability after Nero’s reign and initiating major building projects such as the Colosseum.
  • B. Flavius
    Flavius is a common Roman praenomen and family name frequently borne by late Roman emperors and officials, including Romulus Augustulus.
  • C. Flavian dynasty
    The Flavian dynasty was a Roman imperial family that ruled from 69 to 96 AD, overseeing major building projects like the Colosseum and restoring stability after the chaos of Nero’s reign and the Year of the Four Emperors.
  • D. Emperor Titus
    Emperor Titus was a 1st-century Roman emperor of the Flavian dynasty, best known for completing the Colosseum and for his military victories, including the siege of Jerusalem.
  • E. Romanus
    Romanus is a Latin masculine given name and cognomen historically used throughout the Roman world and later in various European cultures.
  • 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_69ca8296165881908ca4750701af1f29 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb5391b8081908094b88cdde4b55a completed April 2, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d20dbfa89881909ea6bbcfcf6fc08f completed April 5, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d20ed1f69c819099faa881a9a4368d completed April 5, 2026, 7:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d212e3b864819092b8464f5a5ab696 completed April 5, 2026, 7:44 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:41 p.m.