Triple

T19309064
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lucian of Samosata E482917 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object How to Write History
"How to Write History" is an influential satirical treatise by Lucian of Samosata that critiques bad historical writing and lays out principles for honest, clear, and objective historiography.
E1369447 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: How to Write History | Statement: [Lucian of Samosata, notableWork, How to Write History]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: How to Write History
Context triple: [Lucian of Samosata, notableWork, How to Write History]
  • A. The Writing of History
    The Writing of History is a seminal work by Michel de Certeau that critically examines how historical narratives are constructed, emphasizing the interplay between power, discourse, and the practice of writing history.
  • B. The Making of a Historian
    The Making of a Historian is a reflective work by British historian Sir John H. Plumb in which he examines the craft, development, and responsibilities of the professional historian.
  • C. The History of History
    The History of History is a short story included in the collection *The First Person and Other Stories* by Ali Smith.
  • D. Theory and History of Historiography
    Theory and History of Historiography is a philosophical work by Benedetto Croce that examines the nature, methods, and meaning of historical writing and understanding.
  • E. The Practice of History
    The Practice of History is a seminal methodological work in which historian Sir Geoffrey Elton defends traditional, evidence-based archival scholarship and critiques theoretical and speculative approaches to writing history.
  • 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: How to Write History
Triple: [Lucian of Samosata, notableWork, How to Write History]
Generated description
"How to Write History" is an influential satirical treatise by Lucian of Samosata that critiques bad historical writing and lays out principles for honest, clear, and objective historiography.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: How to Write History
Target entity description: "How to Write History" is an influential satirical treatise by Lucian of Samosata that critiques bad historical writing and lays out principles for honest, clear, and objective historiography.
  • A. The Writing of History
    The Writing of History is a seminal work by Michel de Certeau that critically examines how historical narratives are constructed, emphasizing the interplay between power, discourse, and the practice of writing history.
  • B. The Making of a Historian
    The Making of a Historian is a reflective work by British historian Sir John H. Plumb in which he examines the craft, development, and responsibilities of the professional historian.
  • C. The History of History
    The History of History is a short story included in the collection *The First Person and Other Stories* by Ali Smith.
  • D. Theory and History of Historiography
    Theory and History of Historiography is a philosophical work by Benedetto Croce that examines the nature, methods, and meaning of historical writing and understanding.
  • E. The Practice of History
    The Practice of History is a seminal methodological work in which historian Sir Geoffrey Elton defends traditional, evidence-based archival scholarship and critiques theoretical and speculative approaches to writing history.
  • 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_69d8e8d04d5c8190baa816986f2b1d1e completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e604cc62e08190b5ba5dfc44efdc5c completed April 20, 2026, 10:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07145da9f081908db403f7f832731d completed May 15, 2026, 12:41 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0715514bac8190aafb36b96d4b167d completed May 15, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07163cb15881908435e7d2fa68b06e completed May 15, 2026, 12:49 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:32 p.m.