Triple

T16717560

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Book III (The City of God)	`E406262`	entity
Predicate	associatedWork	`P922`	FINISHED
Object	Book I (The City of God) Book I of The City of God is the opening book of Augustine of Hippo’s monumental Christian philosophical work, where he begins defending Christianity against pagan critics in the wake of Rome’s sack.	`E90663`	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: Book I (The City of God) | Statement: [Book III (The City of God), associatedWork, Book I (The City of God)]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Book I (The City of God)
Context triple: [Book III (The City of God), associatedWork, Book I (The City of God)]

A. The City of God
The City of God is a foundational Christian philosophical and theological work by St. Augustine that contrasts the earthly city with the heavenly city and profoundly shaped Western thought on history, politics, and religion.
B. Book IV (The City of God)
Book IV of *The City of God* is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s monumental Christian philosophical work, continuing his critique of pagan religion and Roman civic life while developing his theology of history and divine providence.
C. Book I of De fide
Book I of De fide is the opening section of the theological treatise De fide, laying out its foundational doctrinal arguments before the subsequent books.
D. Book I (Vox Clamantis)
Book I of *Vox Clamantis* is the opening section of John Gower’s Middle English Latin poem, setting the thematic and narrative foundation for the work that the subsequent books develop.
E. Book II of De fide
Book II of *De fide* is the second section of the theological treatise *De fide*, continuing its systematic exposition of Christian doctrine.
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: Book I (The City of God)
Triple: [Book III (The City of God), associatedWork, Book I (The City of God)]

Generated description

Book I of *The City of God* is the opening book of Augustine of Hippo’s monumental Christian philosophical work, where he begins defending Christianity against pagan critics in the wake of Rome’s sack.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Book I (The City of God)
Target entity description: Book I of *The City of God* is the opening book of Augustine of Hippo’s monumental Christian philosophical work, where he begins defending Christianity against pagan critics in the wake of Rome’s sack.

A. The City of God chosen
The City of God is a foundational Christian philosophical and theological work by St. Augustine that contrasts the earthly city with the heavenly city and profoundly shaped Western thought on history, politics, and religion.
B. Book IV (The City of God)
Book IV of *The City of God* is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s monumental Christian philosophical work, continuing his critique of pagan religion and Roman civic life while developing his theology of history and divine providence.
C. Book I of De fide
Book I of De fide is the opening section of the theological treatise De fide, laying out its foundational doctrinal arguments before the subsequent books.
D. Book I (Vox Clamantis)
Book I of *Vox Clamantis* is the opening section of John Gower’s Middle English Latin poem, setting the thematic and narrative foundation for the work that the subsequent books develop.
E. Book II of De fide
Book II of *De fide* is the second section of the theological treatise *De fide*, continuing its systematic exposition of Christian doctrine.
F. None of above.

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_69d8838f242881908abd8bc138795886`	completed	April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e38656b66081909f2c2a8971c45aee`	completed	April 18, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a00a515ca7c8190a2d5894f4273f9c8`	completed	May 10, 2026, 3:32 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a00a58e66cc8190b52f7281e3efeca7`	completed	May 10, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a00a6734d008190bb0a5aa28826e73a`	completed	May 10, 2026, 3:38 p.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:20 a.m.