Triple

T337677
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Attic Greek E6763 entity
Predicate usedBy P260 FINISHED
Object Thucydides
Thucydides was an ancient Athenian historian and general best known for writing the seminal work "History of the Peloponnesian War," which set a standard for critical, evidence-based historical writing.
E42536 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: Thucydides | Statement: [Attic Greek, usedBy, Thucydides]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thucydides
Context triple: [Attic Greek, usedBy, Thucydides]
  • A. Xenophon
    Xenophon was an ancient Greek historian, soldier, and student of Socrates, best known for his writings on history, philosophy, and leadership, including the "Anabasis" and "Memorabilia."
  • B. Livy
    Livy was a renowned Roman historian best known for his monumental work "Ab Urbe Condita," which chronicled the history of Rome from its legendary founding through his own time.
  • C. Livy
    Livy was the affectionate nickname of Olivia Langdon Clemens, the wife of American author Mark Twain and an important influence on his life and work.
  • D. Pericles
    Pericles was a prominent and influential Athenian statesman and general of the 5th century BCE who led Athens during its Golden Age in politics, culture, and architecture.
  • E. Apollodorus of Athens
    Apollodorus of Athens was a 2nd-century BCE Greek scholar and grammarian known for his influential mythographical and chronological works.
  • 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: Thucydides
Triple: [Attic Greek, usedBy, Thucydides]
Generated description
Thucydides was an ancient Athenian historian and general best known for writing the seminal work "History of the Peloponnesian War," which set a standard for critical, evidence-based historical writing.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thucydides
Target entity description: Thucydides was an ancient Athenian historian and general best known for writing the seminal work "History of the Peloponnesian War," which set a standard for critical, evidence-based historical writing.
  • A. Xenophon
    Xenophon was an ancient Greek historian, soldier, and student of Socrates, best known for his writings on history, philosophy, and leadership, including the "Anabasis" and "Memorabilia."
  • B. Livy
    Livy was a renowned Roman historian best known for his monumental work "Ab Urbe Condita," which chronicled the history of Rome from its legendary founding through his own time.
  • C. Livy
    Livy was the affectionate nickname of Olivia Langdon Clemens, the wife of American author Mark Twain and an important influence on his life and work.
  • D. Pericles
    Pericles was a prominent and influential Athenian statesman and general of the 5th century BCE who led Athens during its Golden Age in politics, culture, and architecture.
  • E. Apollodorus of Athens
    Apollodorus of Athens was a 2nd-century BCE Greek scholar and grammarian known for his influential mythographical and chronological works.
  • 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_69a2e79434908190a9d5afe415153ad9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eae23b0c819081f8bf9ac26685ab completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3d24a5c388190967793ebd1ba6bcb completed March 1, 2026, 5:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3d2b9892081908059bba25f2b96d4 completed March 1, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3d378fb7c81909844e723fb99f946 completed March 1, 2026, 5:49 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.