Triple
T21807255
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Roman invasion of Africa (256–255 BCE) |
E538380
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
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FINISHED |
| Object | Xanthippus of Sparta |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Xanthippus of Sparta | Statement: [Roman invasion of Africa (256–255 BCE), commander, Xanthippus of Sparta]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xanthippus of Sparta Context triple: [Roman invasion of Africa (256–255 BCE), commander, Xanthippus of Sparta]
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A.
Aristodemus of Sparta
Aristodemus of Sparta was a Spartan warrior known for surviving the Battle of Thermopylae and later seeking to redeem his honor through heroic death in battle.
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B.
Clearchus of Sparta
Clearchus of Sparta was a 5th-century BC Spartan general best known for commanding Greek mercenaries in Cyrus the Younger's campaign against Artaxerxes II, as famously recounted in Xenophon's Anabasis.
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C.
Pleistarchus of Sparta
Pleistarchus of Sparta was a 5th-century BC Spartan king of the Agiad dynasty, son of Leonidas I and Gorgo, whose early reign was overseen by the regent Pausanias.
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D.
Lysander of Sparta
Lysander of Sparta was a prominent 5th-century BC Spartan naval commander and statesman who led Sparta to victory over Athens in the Peloponnesian War.
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E.
Demaratus of Sparta
Demaratus of Sparta was a deposed Spartan king of the Eurypontid line who later fled to Persia and advised Xerxes during the Greco-Persian Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xanthippus of Sparta Target entity description: Xanthippus of Sparta was a Spartan mercenary general famed for reorganizing and leading the Carthaginian army to a decisive victory over the Romans during the First Punic War.
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A.
Aristodemus of Sparta
Aristodemus of Sparta was a Spartan warrior known for surviving the Battle of Thermopylae and later seeking to redeem his honor through heroic death in battle.
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B.
Clearchus of Sparta
Clearchus of Sparta was a 5th-century BC Spartan general best known for commanding Greek mercenaries in Cyrus the Younger's campaign against Artaxerxes II, as famously recounted in Xenophon's Anabasis.
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C.
Pleistarchus of Sparta
Pleistarchus of Sparta was a 5th-century BC Spartan king of the Agiad dynasty, son of Leonidas I and Gorgo, whose early reign was overseen by the regent Pausanias.
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D.
Lysander of Sparta
Lysander of Sparta was a prominent 5th-century BC Spartan naval commander and statesman who led Sparta to victory over Athens in the Peloponnesian War.
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E.
Demaratus of Sparta
Demaratus of Sparta was a deposed Spartan king of the Eurypontid line who later fled to Persia and advised Xerxes during the Greco-Persian Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69e0c473f0f8819086c9d1b4a143bd67 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f07803b4888190af06bf7a90198f60 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:04 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:53 p.m.