Triple

T1045174
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Niccolò Machiavelli E22560 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object Polybius
Polybius was a 2nd-century BCE Greek historian best known for his work "The Histories," which analyzed the rise of the Roman Republic and introduced influential ideas about mixed constitutions and the separation of powers.
E120672 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: Polybius | Statement: [Niccolò Machiavelli, influencedBy, Polybius]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Polybius
Context triple: [Niccolò Machiavelli, influencedBy, Polybius]
  • A. Xenophon
    Xenophon was an ancient Greek historian, soldier, and student of Socrates, best known for his writings on history, philosophy, and leadership, including the "Anabasis" and "Memorabilia."
  • B. Plutarch
    Plutarch was a Greek biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist philosopher best known for his "Parallel Lives" and "Moralia," which profoundly influenced later historiography and literature.
  • C. Posidonius of Apamea
    Posidonius of Apamea was a prominent Hellenistic philosopher, polymath, and influential later Stoic thinker whose work bridged Stoicism with contemporary science, history, and geography.
  • D. Thucydides
    Thucydides was an ancient Athenian historian and general best known for writing the seminal work "History of the Peloponnesian War," which set a standard for critical, evidence-based historical writing.
  • E. Cassius Dio
    Cassius Dio was a Roman statesman and historian best known for his extensive work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome from its legendary origins through the early 3rd century CE.
  • 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: Polybius
Triple: [Niccolò Machiavelli, influencedBy, Polybius]
Generated description
Polybius was a 2nd-century BCE Greek historian best known for his work "The Histories," which analyzed the rise of the Roman Republic and introduced influential ideas about mixed constitutions and the separation of powers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Polybius
Target entity description: Polybius was a 2nd-century BCE Greek historian best known for his work "The Histories," which analyzed the rise of the Roman Republic and introduced influential ideas about mixed constitutions and the separation of powers.
  • A. Xenophon
    Xenophon was an ancient Greek historian, soldier, and student of Socrates, best known for his writings on history, philosophy, and leadership, including the "Anabasis" and "Memorabilia."
  • B. Plutarch
    Plutarch was a Greek biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist philosopher best known for his "Parallel Lives" and "Moralia," which profoundly influenced later historiography and literature.
  • C. Posidonius of Apamea
    Posidonius of Apamea was a prominent Hellenistic philosopher, polymath, and influential later Stoic thinker whose work bridged Stoicism with contemporary science, history, and geography.
  • D. Thucydides
    Thucydides was an ancient Athenian historian and general best known for writing the seminal work "History of the Peloponnesian War," which set a standard for critical, evidence-based historical writing.
  • E. Cassius Dio
    Cassius Dio was a Roman statesman and historian best known for his extensive work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome from its legendary origins through the early 3rd century CE.
  • 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_69a493d91478819094cc01fb65564bc1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b84937688190a5899af2104002df completed March 1, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac3bc97dec81909b6ad48e3f203923 completed March 7, 2026, 2:52 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac3c42c2c081909ccadbf944d3aa6c completed March 7, 2026, 2:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac3cbd43848190854add440753fdad completed March 7, 2026, 2:57 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.