Triple

T3852857
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Catechetical School of Alexandria E85337 entity
Predicate notableTeacher P7128 FINISHED
Object Heraclas of Alexandria
Heraclas of Alexandria was a 3rd-century Christian scholar and bishop of Alexandria, known for succeeding Origen as head of the Catechetical School and later serving as patriarch of the Alexandrian church.
E392162 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: Heraclas of Alexandria | Statement: [Catechetical School of Alexandria, notableTeacher, Heraclas of Alexandria]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heraclas of Alexandria
Context triple: [Catechetical School of Alexandria, notableTeacher, Heraclas of Alexandria]
  • A. Alexander of Alexandria
    Alexander of Alexandria was a 4th-century Patriarch of Alexandria best known for his staunch defense of Nicene orthodoxy and his early opposition to the teachings of Arius.
  • B. Cyrus of Alexandria
    Cyrus of Alexandria was a 7th-century patriarch and theologian known for promoting the Monothelite doctrine later rejected as heretical by the church.
  • C. Appian of Alexandria
    Appian of Alexandria was a 2nd-century AD Greek historian and Roman official best known for his multi-volume work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome’s rise and its civil wars.
  • D. Dioscorus of Alexandria
    Dioscorus of Alexandria was a 5th-century Coptic patriarch of Alexandria whose controversial leadership and Christological views played a central role in the theological conflicts surrounding the Council of Chalcedon.
  • E. Apollodorus of Damascus
    Apollodorus of Damascus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman architect and engineer known for designing major imperial projects under Emperor Trajan, including monumental buildings and infrastructure across the Roman Empire.
  • 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: Heraclas of Alexandria
Triple: [Catechetical School of Alexandria, notableTeacher, Heraclas of Alexandria]
Generated description
Heraclas of Alexandria was a 3rd-century Christian scholar and bishop of Alexandria, known for succeeding Origen as head of the Catechetical School and later serving as patriarch of the Alexandrian church.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heraclas of Alexandria
Target entity description: Heraclas of Alexandria was a 3rd-century Christian scholar and bishop of Alexandria, known for succeeding Origen as head of the Catechetical School and later serving as patriarch of the Alexandrian church.
  • A. Alexander of Alexandria
    Alexander of Alexandria was a 4th-century Patriarch of Alexandria best known for his staunch defense of Nicene orthodoxy and his early opposition to the teachings of Arius.
  • B. Cyrus of Alexandria
    Cyrus of Alexandria was a 7th-century patriarch and theologian known for promoting the Monothelite doctrine later rejected as heretical by the church.
  • C. Appian of Alexandria
    Appian of Alexandria was a 2nd-century AD Greek historian and Roman official best known for his multi-volume work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome’s rise and its civil wars.
  • D. Dioscorus of Alexandria
    Dioscorus of Alexandria was a 5th-century Coptic patriarch of Alexandria whose controversial leadership and Christological views played a central role in the theological conflicts surrounding the Council of Chalcedon.
  • E. Apollodorus of Damascus
    Apollodorus of Damascus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman architect and engineer known for designing major imperial projects under Emperor Trajan, including monumental buildings and infrastructure across the Roman Empire.
  • 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_69aed936de1c81908f91bed80f70abb2 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeec01f7b48190ba1ec89328b3fccb completed March 9, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b50419e7a0819087f9bc7fbfec4116 completed March 14, 2026, 6:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b50523dbb08190b1fd089092c1b2a6 completed March 14, 2026, 6:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b50594e4888190b2db45eee2a988a7 completed March 14, 2026, 6:52 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:19 p.m.