Triple

T3315740
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Plutarch’s Parallel Lives E69676 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object Life of Nicias
Life of Nicias is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays, portraying the character and political career of the Athenian general Nicias within the Parallel Lives.
E350217 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: Life of Nicias | Statement: [Plutarch’s Parallel Lives, hasPart, Life of Nicias]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Life of Nicias
Context triple: [Plutarch’s Parallel Lives, hasPart, Life of Nicias]
  • A. Life of Alcibiades
    Life of Alcibiades is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, recounting the character and exploits of the controversial Athenian statesman and general Alcibiades.
  • B. Life of Timoleon
    Life of Timoleon is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays, recounting the life and character of the Corinthian statesman and general Timoleon.
  • C. Life of Cimon
    Life of Cimon is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, focusing on the life and character of the Athenian statesman and general Cimon.
  • D. Life of Agesilaus
    Life of Agesilaus is one of Plutarch’s biographical sketches, focusing on the life and character of the Spartan king Agesilaus II.
  • E. Life of Pelopidas
    Life of Pelopidas is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, recounting the character and exploits of the Theban statesman and general Pelopidas.
  • 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: Life of Nicias
Triple: [Plutarch’s Parallel Lives, hasPart, Life of Nicias]
Generated description
Life of Nicias is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays, portraying the character and political career of the Athenian general Nicias within the Parallel Lives.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Life of Nicias
Target entity description: Life of Nicias is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays, portraying the character and political career of the Athenian general Nicias within the Parallel Lives.
  • A. Life of Alcibiades
    Life of Alcibiades is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, recounting the character and exploits of the controversial Athenian statesman and general Alcibiades.
  • B. Life of Timoleon
    Life of Timoleon is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays, recounting the life and character of the Corinthian statesman and general Timoleon.
  • C. Life of Cimon
    Life of Cimon is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, focusing on the life and character of the Athenian statesman and general Cimon.
  • D. Life of Agesilaus
    Life of Agesilaus is one of Plutarch’s biographical sketches, focusing on the life and character of the Spartan king Agesilaus II.
  • E. Life of Pelopidas
    Life of Pelopidas is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, recounting the character and exploits of the Theban statesman and general Pelopidas.
  • 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_69ad85a0bb048190a5458d2738012d61 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb110b28081909b366623e3b0783d completed March 8, 2026, 5:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b3250c720c81908a8a6fed9a6fd349 completed March 12, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b32571dfa48190875c7c83bac368ac completed March 12, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b325dd73b08190bae32d7ffa582ade completed March 12, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:11 p.m.