Triple

T2967090
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Megara E80191 entity
Predicate foundedColony P160 FINISHED
Object Selymbria
Selymbria was an ancient Greek colony on the Propontis (Sea of Marmara), known as a coastal city strategically located near the later site of Constantinople.
 E314816 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: Selymbria | Statement: [Megara, foundedColony, Selymbria]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Selymbria
Context triple: [Megara, foundedColony, Selymbria]
  • A. Panticapaeum
    Panticapaeum was an important ancient Greek city and trading center on the Cimmerian Bosporus, located where the modern city of Kerch in Crimea now stands.
  • B. Heraclea
    Heraclea was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy’s Lucania region, known for its strategic location and role in Magna Graecia.
  • C. Lampsacus
    Lampsacus was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of the Hellespont, known as a center of philosophy and culture in classical antiquity.
  • D. Nikopolis
    Nikopolis is an ancient city in Epirus, Greece, founded by the Roman emperor Augustus and known today for its extensive archaeological remains.
  • E. Naissus
    Naissus was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Moesia, located at the site of modern-day Niš in Serbia.
  • 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: Selymbria
Triple: [Megara, foundedColony, Selymbria]
Generated description
Selymbria was an ancient Greek colony on the Propontis (Sea of Marmara), known as a coastal city strategically located near the later site of Constantinople.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Selymbria
Target entity description: Selymbria was an ancient Greek colony on the Propontis (Sea of Marmara), known as a coastal city strategically located near the later site of Constantinople.
  • A. Panticapaeum
    Panticapaeum was an important ancient Greek city and trading center on the Cimmerian Bosporus, located where the modern city of Kerch in Crimea now stands.
  • B. Heraclea
    Heraclea was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy’s Lucania region, known for its strategic location and role in Magna Graecia.
  • C. Lampsacus
    Lampsacus was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of the Hellespont, known as a center of philosophy and culture in classical antiquity.
  • D. Nikopolis
    Nikopolis is an ancient city in Epirus, Greece, founded by the Roman emperor Augustus and known today for its extensive archaeological remains.
  • E. Naissus
    Naissus was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Moesia, located at the site of modern-day Niš in Serbia.
  • 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_69ad8b14ffe881908ffed62f9595c867 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad996e93788190ba9883714d4dfa0c completed March 8, 2026, 3:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0fc9fcfa48190a5e23ec1f3f01038 completed March 11, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b100c1bfd48190ab71f460afb096e3 completed March 11, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b10126bd788190b40f3ce1a8a547aa completed March 11, 2026, 5:44 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:58 p.m.