Triple

T2679933
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Metamorphoses by Apuleius E56549 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object Apuleius
Apuleius was a 2nd-century Roman North African philosopher and writer best known for his Latin novel "Metamorphoses" (also called "The Golden Ass"), a key work of ancient prose fiction.
E288706 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: Apuleius | Statement: [Metamorphoses by Apuleius, author, Apuleius]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apuleius
Context triple: [Metamorphoses by Apuleius, author, Apuleius]
  • A. Claudian
    Claudian was a prominent late Roman poet known for his Latin panegyrics and political verse at the courts of emperors Theodosius I and Honorius.
  • B. Ovid
    Ovid was a renowned Roman poet of the Augustan age, best known for his mythological epic "Metamorphoses" and his influential love poetry.
  • C. Terence
    Terence is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with figures such as the Roman playwright Terence and later borne by notable individuals including the British dramatist Terence Rattigan.
  • D. Plutarch
    Plutarch was a Greek biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist philosopher best known for his "Parallel Lives" and "Moralia," which profoundly influenced later historiography and literature.
  • E. Dorotheus
    Dorotheus was a 6th-century Byzantine jurist who helped systematize and codify Roman law under Emperor Justinian I.
  • 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: Apuleius
Triple: [Metamorphoses by Apuleius, author, Apuleius]
Generated description
Apuleius was a 2nd-century Roman North African philosopher and writer best known for his Latin novel "Metamorphoses" (also called "The Golden Ass"), a key work of ancient prose fiction.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apuleius
Target entity description: Apuleius was a 2nd-century Roman North African philosopher and writer best known for his Latin novel "Metamorphoses" (also called "The Golden Ass"), a key work of ancient prose fiction.
  • A. Claudian
    Claudian was a prominent late Roman poet known for his Latin panegyrics and political verse at the courts of emperors Theodosius I and Honorius.
  • B. Ovid
    Ovid was a renowned Roman poet of the Augustan age, best known for his mythological epic "Metamorphoses" and his influential love poetry.
  • C. Terence
    Terence is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with figures such as the Roman playwright Terence and later borne by notable individuals including the British dramatist Terence Rattigan.
  • D. Plutarch
    Plutarch was a Greek biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist philosopher best known for his "Parallel Lives" and "Moralia," which profoundly influenced later historiography and literature.
  • E. Dorotheus
    Dorotheus was a 6th-century Byzantine jurist who helped systematize and codify Roman law under Emperor Justinian I.
  • 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_69ab4a4b13fc81909dfdb3f23da46832 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd9d36ea8819094ada73d86ffaa8b completed March 7, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afa0681f3c8190898e58f3138b16fa completed March 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afa0fef4c481908db42628cd6e72fe completed March 10, 2026, 4:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afa1ffbc4881909bb326a8a2f2a05e completed March 10, 2026, 4:45 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:54 p.m.