Triple

T1847830
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Varna E41324 entity
Predicate hasPredecessorSettlement P3444 FINISHED
Object ancient Odessos
Ancient Odessos was a major Greek-founded port city on the Black Sea coast, located where the modern Bulgarian city of Varna now stands.
E206158 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: ancient Odessos | Statement: [Varna, hasPredecessorSettlement, ancient Odessos]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ancient Odessos
Context triple: [Varna, hasPredecessorSettlement, ancient Odessos]
  • A. Naukratis
    Naukratis was an important ancient Greek trading city in Egypt that served as a key commercial and cultural hub between the Greek world and the Nile region.
  • B. Naissos
    Naissos is the ancient name of the city of Niš, a historically significant urban center in present-day Serbia known since Roman times.
  • C. Cyrene
    Cyrene is an ancient Greek and Roman city in eastern Libya renowned for its well-preserved ruins and historical significance as a major center of classical civilization.
  • D. Motya
    Motya was an important ancient Phoenician island city and trading hub located off the western coast of Sicily.
  • E. City of Alexandria
    The City of Alexandria is an independent, historic city in Northern Virginia located along the Potomac River, known for its well-preserved Old Town and colonial-era architecture.
  • 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: ancient Odessos
Triple: [Varna, hasPredecessorSettlement, ancient Odessos]
Generated description
Ancient Odessos was a major Greek-founded port city on the Black Sea coast, located where the modern Bulgarian city of Varna now stands.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ancient Odessos
Target entity description: Ancient Odessos was a major Greek-founded port city on the Black Sea coast, located where the modern Bulgarian city of Varna now stands.
  • A. Naukratis
    Naukratis was an important ancient Greek trading city in Egypt that served as a key commercial and cultural hub between the Greek world and the Nile region.
  • B. Naissos
    Naissos is the ancient name of the city of Niš, a historically significant urban center in present-day Serbia known since Roman times.
  • C. Cyrene
    Cyrene is an ancient Greek and Roman city in eastern Libya renowned for its well-preserved ruins and historical significance as a major center of classical civilization.
  • D. Motya
    Motya was an important ancient Phoenician island city and trading hub located off the western coast of Sicily.
  • E. City of Alexandria
    The City of Alexandria is an independent, historic city in Northern Virginia located along the Potomac River, known for its well-preserved Old Town and colonial-era architecture.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasPredecessorSettlement
Context triple: [Varna, hasPredecessorSettlement, ancient Odessos]
  • A. predecessorAsClaimant
    Indicates that one entity previously held the status or role of claimant before another entity in a succession or sequence of claims.
  • B. hasHistoricalPrecursor chosen
    Indicates that one entity existed earlier and served as a predecessor, model, or influential forerunner to the other in a historical context.
  • C. successorSettlement
    Indicates that one settlement directly follows and replaces another as its successor.
  • D. earlierSettlementDate
    Indicates that one settlement date occurs chronologically before another settlement date.
  • E. hasPrecedingEvents
    Indicates that one or more events occurred earlier in time or sequence relative to the referenced event.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a88648cd44819093303206d96d76ad completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb32d35508190bf1c487dffbecaf0 completed March 7, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adc9c2e0a081909f521e6f73956239 completed March 8, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adcaf1917c819090eac27de62494ca completed March 8, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adcbba64588190aa0ebd2b6f67afa7 completed March 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abafdca6d8819083c66f3a29fd9fd1 completed March 7, 2026, 4:55 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.