Triple

T3307792
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mithridates VI Eupator E69491 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object King of Pontus
The King of Pontus was the Hellenistic monarch of the ancient kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia, most famously associated with Mithridates VI, who fiercely resisted Roman expansion.
E377632 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: King of Pontus | Statement: [Mithridates VI Eupator, positionHeld, King of Pontus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: King of Pontus
Context triple: [Mithridates VI Eupator, positionHeld, King of Pontus]
  • A. Ariobarzanes of Pontus
    Ariobarzanes of Pontus was a Hellenistic-era monarch who briefly ruled the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia during the 3rd century BC.
  • B. Darius of Pontus
    Darius of Pontus was a lesser-known monarch of the Hellenistic Kingdom of Pontus, ruling part of its territory during the turbulent period of regional fragmentation and dynastic struggles.
  • C. Polemon II of Pontus
    Polemon II of Pontus was a 1st-century client king of the Roman Empire who ruled in the regions of Pontus, Cilicia, and Colchis and was notable for his political alliances and brief marriage to the Judean queen Berenice.
  • D. Mithridates III of Pontus
    Mithridates III of Pontus was a Hellenistic monarch of the Black Sea region who ruled the Kingdom of Pontus in the 2nd century BC and helped consolidate its power before the rise of his more famous successor, Mithridates VI.
  • E. Pharnaces II of Pontus
    Pharnaces II of Pontus was a 1st-century BC king best known as the son of Mithridates VI and for his failed attempt to challenge Roman power, culminating in his swift defeat by Julius Caesar at the Battle of Zela.
  • 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: King of Pontus
Triple: [Mithridates VI Eupator, positionHeld, King of Pontus]
Generated description
The King of Pontus was the Hellenistic monarch of the ancient kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia, most famously associated with Mithridates VI, who fiercely resisted Roman expansion.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: King of Pontus
Target entity description: The King of Pontus was the Hellenistic monarch of the ancient kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia, most famously associated with Mithridates VI, who fiercely resisted Roman expansion.
  • A. Ariobarzanes of Pontus
    Ariobarzanes of Pontus was a Hellenistic-era monarch who briefly ruled the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia during the 3rd century BC.
  • B. Darius of Pontus
    Darius of Pontus was a lesser-known monarch of the Hellenistic Kingdom of Pontus, ruling part of its territory during the turbulent period of regional fragmentation and dynastic struggles.
  • C. Polemon II of Pontus
    Polemon II of Pontus was a 1st-century client king of the Roman Empire who ruled in the regions of Pontus, Cilicia, and Colchis and was notable for his political alliances and brief marriage to the Judean queen Berenice.
  • D. Mithridates III of Pontus
    Mithridates III of Pontus was a Hellenistic monarch of the Black Sea region who ruled the Kingdom of Pontus in the 2nd century BC and helped consolidate its power before the rise of his more famous successor, Mithridates VI.
  • E. Pharnaces II of Pontus
    Pharnaces II of Pontus was a 1st-century BC king best known as the son of Mithridates VI and for his failed attempt to challenge Roman power, culminating in his swift defeat by Julius Caesar at the Battle of Zela.
  • 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_69ad859f218081909458d2cebbf57565 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb0cc15088190b51c311c6590df04 completed March 8, 2026, 5:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b48819b284819092e0a8db20d3e3a2 completed March 13, 2026, 9:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b48acb7dfc8190a862dce9a22c5c8f completed March 13, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4af2032188190b29939d5dc19ccd1 completed March 14, 2026, 12:43 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:11 p.m.