Triple
T11952135
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Historia Augusta |
E284450
|
entity |
| Predicate | attributedAuthor |
P2353
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Vulcacius Gallicanus
Vulcacius Gallicanus is a shadowy, possibly fictitious late Roman author name traditionally listed among the supposed biographers of the emperors in the Historia Augusta.
|
E956848
|
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: Vulcacius Gallicanus | Statement: [Historia Augusta, attributedAuthor, Vulcacius Gallicanus]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vulcacius Gallicanus Context triple: [Historia Augusta, attributedAuthor, Vulcacius Gallicanus]
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A.
Flavius Valens
Flavius Valens was a 4th-century Roman emperor who ruled the Eastern Roman Empire and was killed at the Battle of Adrianople in 378 AD.
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B.
Novatian
Novatian was a 3rd-century Roman theologian and antipope known for his rigorous stance on church discipline and his influential Latin theological writings.
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C.
Victorinus
Victorinus is a masculine given name and surname of Latin origin, historically borne by early Christian saints and Roman figures, and related to the name Victor.
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D.
Rufinus of Aquileia
Rufinus of Aquileia was a 4th–5th century Christian theologian, translator, and historian best known for his Latin translations of Greek theological works and his influential writings on early monasticism and church history.
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E.
Trebonianus Gallus
Trebonianus Gallus was a Roman emperor who ruled from 251 to 253 AD during the Crisis of the Third Century, noted for his troubled reign marked by military defeats and plague.
- 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: Vulcacius Gallicanus Triple: [Historia Augusta, attributedAuthor, Vulcacius Gallicanus]
Generated description
Vulcacius Gallicanus is a shadowy, possibly fictitious late Roman author name traditionally listed among the supposed biographers of the emperors in the Historia Augusta.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vulcacius Gallicanus Target entity description: Vulcacius Gallicanus is a shadowy, possibly fictitious late Roman author name traditionally listed among the supposed biographers of the emperors in the Historia Augusta.
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A.
Flavius Valens
Flavius Valens was a 4th-century Roman emperor who ruled the Eastern Roman Empire and was killed at the Battle of Adrianople in 378 AD.
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B.
Novatian
Novatian was a 3rd-century Roman theologian and antipope known for his rigorous stance on church discipline and his influential Latin theological writings.
-
C.
Victorinus
Victorinus is a masculine given name and surname of Latin origin, historically borne by early Christian saints and Roman figures, and related to the name Victor.
-
D.
Rufinus of Aquileia
Rufinus of Aquileia was a 4th–5th century Christian theologian, translator, and historian best known for his Latin translations of Greek theological works and his influential writings on early monasticism and church history.
-
E.
Trebonianus Gallus
Trebonianus Gallus was a Roman emperor who ruled from 251 to 253 AD during the Crisis of the Third Century, noted for his troubled reign marked by military defeats and plague.
- 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_69d6ab2db38c8190b1f0ed6663ef8ada |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d90364c2608190a3946c9595c71164 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f4590584608190bc00840c43f115a0 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 7:40 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f45f89d5b08190a87312d96e61898a |
completed | May 1, 2026, 8:08 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f464a5191881908e291943996169cb |
completed | May 1, 2026, 8:30 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:45 p.m.