Triple
T20360491
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Menas |
E496761
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entity |
| Predicate | historicalBasis |
P1409
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Menas (or Menodorus), a pirate in the service of Sextus Pompey
Menas, also known as Menodorus, was a notable 1st-century BC pirate and naval commander who served Sextus Pompey during the Roman civil wars, playing a key role in maritime operations against the Second Triumvirate.
|
E1427076
|
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: Menas (or Menodorus), a pirate in the service of Sextus Pompey | Statement: [Menas, historicalBasis, Menas (or Menodorus), a pirate in the service of Sextus Pompey]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Menas (or Menodorus), a pirate in the service of Sextus Pompey Context triple: [Menas, historicalBasis, Menas (or Menodorus), a pirate in the service of Sextus Pompey]
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A.
Cilician pirates
The Cilician pirates were a powerful confederation of seafaring raiders in the eastern Mediterranean during the late Roman Republic, notorious for large-scale piracy, kidnapping, and disruption of trade until their suppression by Pompey in the 1st century BCE.
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B.
Pompey’s war against the pirates
Pompey’s war against the pirates was a swift and decisive Roman naval campaign in 67 BC in which Pompey the Great cleared the Mediterranean of piracy, greatly enhancing his military prestige and Rome’s control over maritime trade.
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C.
Sextus Pompeius
Sextus Pompeius was a Roman military leader and the youngest son of Pompey the Great, known for commanding a powerful naval force against the Second Triumvirate during the late Roman Republic.
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D.
Sextus
Sextus is the praenomen (first name) of the Roman elegiac poet Propertius, active during the Augustan age.
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E.
Miek (as gladiator)
Miek (as gladiator) is an insectoid warrior from Sakaar in the Marvel Cinematic Universe who fights in the Grandmaster’s Contest of Champions alongside other arena combatants like Thor and Korg.
- 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: Menas (or Menodorus), a pirate in the service of Sextus Pompey Triple: [Menas, historicalBasis, Menas (or Menodorus), a pirate in the service of Sextus Pompey]
Generated description
Menas, also known as Menodorus, was a notable 1st-century BC pirate and naval commander who served Sextus Pompey during the Roman civil wars, playing a key role in maritime operations against the Second Triumvirate.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Menas (or Menodorus), a pirate in the service of Sextus Pompey Target entity description: Menas, also known as Menodorus, was a notable 1st-century BC pirate and naval commander who served Sextus Pompey during the Roman civil wars, playing a key role in maritime operations against the Second Triumvirate.
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A.
Cilician pirates
The Cilician pirates were a powerful confederation of seafaring raiders in the eastern Mediterranean during the late Roman Republic, notorious for large-scale piracy, kidnapping, and disruption of trade until their suppression by Pompey in the 1st century BCE.
-
B.
Pompey’s war against the pirates
Pompey’s war against the pirates was a swift and decisive Roman naval campaign in 67 BC in which Pompey the Great cleared the Mediterranean of piracy, greatly enhancing his military prestige and Rome’s control over maritime trade.
-
C.
Sextus Pompeius
Sextus Pompeius was a Roman military leader and the youngest son of Pompey the Great, known for commanding a powerful naval force against the Second Triumvirate during the late Roman Republic.
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D.
Sextus
Sextus is the praenomen (first name) of the Roman elegiac poet Propertius, active during the Augustan age.
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E.
Miek (as gladiator)
Miek (as gladiator) is an insectoid warrior from Sakaar in the Marvel Cinematic Universe who fights in the Grandmaster’s Contest of Champions alongside other arena combatants like Thor and Korg.
- 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_69e0b4a3f7f48190b37f354574028ca6 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e678584294819093788ccf2fb8e588 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a08708592f481908de58a0d359af01f |
completed | May 16, 2026, 1:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0871146b248190ac91cf010a984e1f |
completed | May 16, 2026, 1:28 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0871a818688190ad69bcf84e33d014 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 1:31 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:25 a.m.