Triple

T12476203
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cypselus E298181 entity
Predicate source P409 FINISHED
Object Nicolaus of Damascus
Nicolaus of Damascus was a 1st-century BC Greek historian, philosopher, and biographer known for his works on universal history and for serving as a close associate of Herod the Great and the Roman imperial court.
E985318 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: Nicolaus of Damascus | Statement: [Cypselus, source, Nicolaus of Damascus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicolaus of Damascus
Context triple: [Cypselus, source, Nicolaus of Damascus]
  • A. Eudoxius of Antioch
    Eudoxius of Antioch was a 4th-century Arian Christian bishop and theologian who served as patriarch of both Antioch and Constantinople and played a prominent role in the Arian controversy within the early Church.
  • B. Leontius of Caesarea
    Leontius of Caesarea was an early Christian bishop of Caesarea who played a key role in the Armenian Church by ordaining Gregory the Illuminator, the future patron saint and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
  • C. Marinus of Tyre
    Marinus of Tyre was an early 2nd-century Greek geographer and cartographer whose work laid foundational methods for later geographic science, notably influencing Ptolemy.
  • D. Dionysius of Paris
    Dionysius of Paris is a 3rd-century Christian martyr and the first bishop of Paris, venerated as the patron saint of France and commonly known as Saint Denis.
  • E. John of Damascus
    John of Damascus was an 8th-century Christian monk, theologian, and hymnographer renowned for defending the veneration of icons and systematizing Eastern Orthodox theology.
  • 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: Nicolaus of Damascus
Triple: [Cypselus, source, Nicolaus of Damascus]
Generated description
Nicolaus of Damascus was a 1st-century BC Greek historian, philosopher, and biographer known for his works on universal history and for serving as a close associate of Herod the Great and the Roman imperial court.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicolaus of Damascus
Target entity description: Nicolaus of Damascus was a 1st-century BC Greek historian, philosopher, and biographer known for his works on universal history and for serving as a close associate of Herod the Great and the Roman imperial court.
  • A. Eudoxius of Antioch
    Eudoxius of Antioch was a 4th-century Arian Christian bishop and theologian who served as patriarch of both Antioch and Constantinople and played a prominent role in the Arian controversy within the early Church.
  • B. Leontius of Caesarea
    Leontius of Caesarea was an early Christian bishop of Caesarea who played a key role in the Armenian Church by ordaining Gregory the Illuminator, the future patron saint and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
  • C. Marinus of Tyre
    Marinus of Tyre was an early 2nd-century Greek geographer and cartographer whose work laid foundational methods for later geographic science, notably influencing Ptolemy.
  • D. Dionysius of Paris
    Dionysius of Paris is a 3rd-century Christian martyr and the first bishop of Paris, venerated as the patron saint of France and commonly known as Saint Denis.
  • E. John of Damascus
    John of Damascus was an 8th-century Christian monk, theologian, and hymnographer renowned for defending the veneration of icons and systematizing Eastern Orthodox theology.
  • 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_69d6ada377208190a36011199a4d8558 completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94dcb194c81908b5e0320ddfd463c completed April 10, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f63f25462881908dccb831b474875d completed May 2, 2026, 6:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f64278823c81908db729497000a2e4 completed May 2, 2026, 6:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f643089abc8190b366e777ef48982a completed May 2, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:56 p.m.