Triple

T339688
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oscan language E6805 entity
Predicate spokenBy P2181 FINISHED
Object Samnites
The Samnites were an ancient Italic people of south-central Italy, known for their fierce resistance against Roman expansion during the Samnite Wars.
E44057 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: Samnites | Statement: [Oscan language, spokenBy, Samnites]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samnites
Context triple: [Oscan language, spokenBy, Samnites]
  • A. Ligurians
    The Ligurians were an ancient people of northwestern Italy and southeastern France, known for their distinct pre-Roman culture and language and for influencing later regional populations.
  • B. Etruscans
    The Etruscans were an ancient civilization of central Italy, particularly in the region of Etruria, known for their rich culture, advanced art and architecture, and significant influence on early Roman religion and society.
  • C. Veneti people
    The Veneti people were an ancient Indo-European population of northeastern Italy, known from classical sources for their distinct culture, trade connections, and now-extinct Venetic language.
  • D. Etruria
    Etruria was an ancient region of central Italy inhabited by the Etruscans, a pre-Roman civilization renowned for its distinctive art, architecture, and cultural influence on early Rome.
  • E. Alans
    The Alans were an ancient nomadic Iranian people known for their cavalry and for participating in major events of the late Roman Empire, including the Vandal-led sack of Rome in 455.
  • 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: Samnites
Triple: [Oscan language, spokenBy, Samnites]
Generated description
The Samnites were an ancient Italic people of south-central Italy, known for their fierce resistance against Roman expansion during the Samnite Wars.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samnites
Target entity description: The Samnites were an ancient Italic people of south-central Italy, known for their fierce resistance against Roman expansion during the Samnite Wars.
  • A. Ligurians
    The Ligurians were an ancient people of northwestern Italy and southeastern France, known for their distinct pre-Roman culture and language and for influencing later regional populations.
  • B. Etruscans
    The Etruscans were an ancient civilization of central Italy, particularly in the region of Etruria, known for their rich culture, advanced art and architecture, and significant influence on early Roman religion and society.
  • C. Veneti people
    The Veneti people were an ancient Indo-European population of northeastern Italy, known from classical sources for their distinct culture, trade connections, and now-extinct Venetic language.
  • D. Etruria
    Etruria was an ancient region of central Italy inhabited by the Etruscans, a pre-Roman civilization renowned for its distinctive art, architecture, and cultural influence on early Rome.
  • E. Alans
    The Alans were an ancient nomadic Iranian people known for their cavalry and for participating in major events of the late Roman Empire, including the Vandal-led sack of Rome in 455.
  • 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_69a2e7951ba08190960e90823b5078f3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eae4fcc08190bd4c2bf0149c8b50 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3d7e8719c819099d7c362743a8108 completed March 1, 2026, 6:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3d86bceac8190ad4d030b04d65616 completed March 1, 2026, 6:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3d92390f08190b5a20bc4786ce44e completed March 1, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.