Triple

T1900349
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Caesar’s civil war E37676 entity
Predicate hasCommander P1197 FINISHED
Object Metellus Scipio
Metellus Scipio was a Roman senator and general of the late Republic, known as a leading Optimate commander who opposed Julius Caesar during the civil war and was defeated at the Battle of Thapsus.
E217460 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: Metellus Scipio | Statement: [Caesar’s civil war, hasCommander, Metellus Scipio]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metellus Scipio
Context triple: [Caesar’s civil war, hasCommander, Metellus Scipio]
  • A. Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
    Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, noted for his aristocratic leadership in the Jugurthine War and his opposition to the rising power of Gaius Marius.
  • B. Scipio
    Scipio is a small rural town in central Utah known for its agricultural setting and proximity to Interstate 15.
  • C. Scipio Aemilianus
    Scipio Aemilianus was a prominent Roman general and statesman best known for leading the final destruction of Carthage and later playing a key role in Roman politics and cultural life in the 2nd century BCE.
  • D. Lucius Aemilius Paullus
    Lucius Aemilius Paullus was a Roman consul and general best known for his role in the Second Punic War, particularly his defeat and death at the Battle of Cannae against Hannibal.
  • E. Scipio Africanus
    Scipio Africanus was a prominent Roman general and statesman best known for defeating Hannibal in the Second Punic War and securing Rome’s dominance in the western Mediterranean.
  • 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: Metellus Scipio
Triple: [Caesar’s civil war, hasCommander, Metellus Scipio]
Generated description
Metellus Scipio was a Roman senator and general of the late Republic, known as a leading Optimate commander who opposed Julius Caesar during the civil war and was defeated at the Battle of Thapsus.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metellus Scipio
Target entity description: Metellus Scipio was a Roman senator and general of the late Republic, known as a leading Optimate commander who opposed Julius Caesar during the civil war and was defeated at the Battle of Thapsus.
  • A. Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
    Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, noted for his aristocratic leadership in the Jugurthine War and his opposition to the rising power of Gaius Marius.
  • B. Scipio
    Scipio is a small rural town in central Utah known for its agricultural setting and proximity to Interstate 15.
  • C. Scipio Aemilianus
    Scipio Aemilianus was a prominent Roman general and statesman best known for leading the final destruction of Carthage and later playing a key role in Roman politics and cultural life in the 2nd century BCE.
  • D. Lucius Aemilius Paullus
    Lucius Aemilius Paullus was a Roman consul and general best known for his role in the Second Punic War, particularly his defeat and death at the Battle of Cannae against Hannibal.
  • E. Scipio Africanus
    Scipio Africanus was a prominent Roman general and statesman best known for defeating Hannibal in the Second Punic War and securing Rome’s dominance in the western Mediterranean.
  • 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_69a8861be7148190a680937ec451a304 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb18c46c88190b10c05bf5c6a2d9c completed March 7, 2026, 5:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adf3d0d01c8190ae0c8029fead4008 completed March 8, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adf62508588190a6769ae1a1bf16ea completed March 8, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adf67c0eb08190acca7b82f120faa8 completed March 8, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:35 p.m.