Triple
T207268
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pontius Pilate |
E4635
|
entity |
| Predicate | source |
P409
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tacitus
Tacitus was a prominent Roman historian and senator best known for his detailed and critical accounts of the early Roman Empire, including references to figures such as Pontius Pilate and early Christians.
|
E26568
|
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: Tacitus | Statement: [Pontius Pilate, source, Tacitus]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tacitus Context triple: [Pontius Pilate, source, Tacitus]
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A.
Lactantius
Lactantius was an early 4th-century Christian author and apologist, best known for his work "Divine Institutes" and for serving as an advisor and tutor in the court of Emperor Constantine.
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B.
Horace
Horace is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with figures such as the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus and later borne by notable individuals like the English writer and politician Horace Walpole.
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C.
Eusebius of Caesarea
Eusebius of Caesarea was a 4th-century Christian historian and bishop, best known for his seminal work "Ecclesiastical History," which chronicles the early Church from the time of Christ to his own era.
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D.
Tertullian
Tertullian was an early Christian theologian and writer from Carthage, known for his influential Latin apologetic and polemical works that helped shape Western Christian thought.
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E.
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius was a 2nd-century Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher best known for his work "Meditations" and for exemplifying the ideal of the philosopher-king.
- 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: Tacitus Triple: [Pontius Pilate, source, Tacitus]
Generated description
Tacitus was a prominent Roman historian and senator best known for his detailed and critical accounts of the early Roman Empire, including references to figures such as Pontius Pilate and early Christians.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tacitus Target entity description: Tacitus was a prominent Roman historian and senator best known for his detailed and critical accounts of the early Roman Empire, including references to figures such as Pontius Pilate and early Christians.
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A.
Lactantius
Lactantius was an early 4th-century Christian author and apologist, best known for his work "Divine Institutes" and for serving as an advisor and tutor in the court of Emperor Constantine.
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B.
Horace
Horace is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with figures such as the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus and later borne by notable individuals like the English writer and politician Horace Walpole.
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C.
Eusebius of Caesarea
Eusebius of Caesarea was a 4th-century Christian historian and bishop, best known for his seminal work "Ecclesiastical History," which chronicles the early Church from the time of Christ to his own era.
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D.
Tertullian
Tertullian was an early Christian theologian and writer from Carthage, known for his influential Latin apologetic and polemical works that helped shape Western Christian thought.
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E.
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius was a 2nd-century Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher best known for his work "Meditations" and for exemplifying the ideal of the philosopher-king.
- 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_69a25737567c81908f9c505300239181 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25c0601bc81909a268ca9e751d5bb |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:07 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a32f29799c8190a445a231006bf436 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 6:08 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a32f866fd4819097e93255723602cc |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 6:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a32fe4faf88190a3637cbfc768522e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 6:11 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:51 a.m.