Triple

T2019794
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mauretania (ancient kingdom) E44078 entity
Predicate capital P234 FINISHED
Object Volubilis
Volubilis was a prominent ancient Roman city in present-day Morocco, renowned for its well-preserved ruins and role as a major administrative and economic center in North Africa.
E227837 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: Volubilis | Statement: [Mauretania (ancient kingdom), capital, Volubilis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Volubilis
Context triple: [Mauretania (ancient kingdom), capital, Volubilis]
  • A. Thugga
    Thugga is an ancient Roman-Berber city in modern-day Tunisia renowned for its well-preserved ruins and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • B. Leptis Magna
    Leptis Magna is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Roman city on the Mediterranean coast, renowned for its grand architecture and archaeological significance.
  • C. Sabratha
    Sabratha is an ancient Phoenician and Roman city on Libya’s Mediterranean coast, renowned for its well-preserved classical ruins and monumental theater.
  • D. Hippo Regius
    Hippo Regius was an important ancient North African port city in Roman Numidia, best known as the episcopal see of St. Augustine.
  • E. Cirta
    Cirta was an important ancient Numidian and later Roman city in North Africa, located in what is now northeastern Algeria.
  • 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: Volubilis
Triple: [Mauretania (ancient kingdom), capital, Volubilis]
Generated description
Volubilis was a prominent ancient Roman city in present-day Morocco, renowned for its well-preserved ruins and role as a major administrative and economic center in North Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Volubilis
Target entity description: Volubilis was a prominent ancient Roman city in present-day Morocco, renowned for its well-preserved ruins and role as a major administrative and economic center in North Africa.
  • A. Thugga
    Thugga is an ancient Roman-Berber city in modern-day Tunisia renowned for its well-preserved ruins and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • B. Leptis Magna
    Leptis Magna is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Roman city on the Mediterranean coast, renowned for its grand architecture and archaeological significance.
  • C. Sabratha
    Sabratha is an ancient Phoenician and Roman city on Libya’s Mediterranean coast, renowned for its well-preserved classical ruins and monumental theater.
  • D. Hippo Regius
    Hippo Regius was an important ancient North African port city in Roman Numidia, best known as the episcopal see of St. Augustine.
  • E. Cirta
    Cirta was an important ancient Numidian and later Roman city in North Africa, located in what is now northeastern Algeria.
  • 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_69a8891201bc8190aca837be6de41579 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb8d0bcbc8190bbbb726ecae1c51b completed March 7, 2026, 5:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae1fe88e8881909f2e64ebe23b6d1f completed March 9, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae20641b088190bdbc7c39736eb585 completed March 9, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae20e214a88190b85432b9e47cde12 completed March 9, 2026, 1:22 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.