Triple

T281357
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Augustus E5360 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object pontifex maximus
The pontifex maximus was the chief high priest of ancient Rome, overseeing state religion and sacred rites at the pinnacle of the Roman religious hierarchy.
E36444 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: pontifex maximus | Statement: [Augustus, positionHeld, pontifex maximus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: pontifex maximus
Context triple: [Augustus, positionHeld, pontifex maximus]
  • A. Pope
    The Pope is the Bishop of Rome and spiritual leader of the worldwide Catholic Church, regarded as the successor of Saint Peter.
  • B. Augustus
    Augustus was the first Roman emperor, who established the Roman Empire and led a period of relative peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana.
  • C. Julius
    Julius is the first given name of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist known as the "father of the atomic bomb."
  • D. Pontius Pilate
    Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea in the early 1st century CE, best known for presiding over the trial of Jesus and authorizing his crucifixion.
  • E. First Marshal of the Empire
    First Marshal of the Empire was the highest military rank in Fascist Italy, created in 1938 to place Benito Mussolini on equal footing with King Victor Emmanuel III as joint commanders of the Italian armed forces.
  • 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: pontifex maximus
Triple: [Augustus, positionHeld, pontifex maximus]
Generated description
The pontifex maximus was the chief high priest of ancient Rome, overseeing state religion and sacred rites at the pinnacle of the Roman religious hierarchy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: pontifex maximus
Target entity description: The pontifex maximus was the chief high priest of ancient Rome, overseeing state religion and sacred rites at the pinnacle of the Roman religious hierarchy.
  • A. Pope
    The Pope is the Bishop of Rome and spiritual leader of the worldwide Catholic Church, regarded as the successor of Saint Peter.
  • B. Augustus
    Augustus was the first Roman emperor, who established the Roman Empire and led a period of relative peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana.
  • C. Julius
    Julius is the first given name of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist known as the "father of the atomic bomb."
  • D. Pontius Pilate
    Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea in the early 1st century CE, best known for presiding over the trial of Jesus and authorizing his crucifixion.
  • E. First Marshal of the Empire
    First Marshal of the Empire was the highest military rank in Fascist Italy, created in 1938 to place Benito Mussolini on equal footing with King Victor Emmanuel III as joint commanders of the Italian armed forces.
  • 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_69a257e6c8788190987dfe705ca2912a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25e0a23c0819083abee28b2dea49c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a394a407588190a1f52821fe3b5fc7 completed March 1, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a395524c248190ba42ae1de870a598 completed March 1, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a395d7fc408190a1eb0fea0d0b2838 completed March 1, 2026, 1:26 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:59 a.m.