Triple

T3932289
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gordian III E90821 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Balbinus
Balbinus was a Roman emperor who briefly co-ruled the empire in 238 AD during the turbulent Year of the Six Emperors.
E423159 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: Balbinus | Statement: [Gordian III, predecessor, Balbinus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Balbinus
Context triple: [Gordian III, predecessor, Balbinus]
  • A. Didius Julianus
    Didius Julianus was a short-lived Roman emperor in 193 AD, infamous for effectively purchasing the imperial throne during the chaotic Year of the Five Emperors.
  • B. Agrippa Postumus
    Agrippa Postumus was the youngest son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder, and a briefly designated heir of the Roman emperor Augustus before being exiled and executed.
  • C. Libius Severus
    Libius Severus was a little-known Western Roman emperor who reigned from 461 to 465 AD as a puppet of the powerful general Ricimer during the empire’s final decline.
  • D. Lucilius Bassus
    Lucilius Bassus was a 1st-century Roman general who played a key role in suppressing the Jewish Revolt under Emperor Vespasian.
  • E. Avidius Maecianus
    Avidius Maecianus was a Roman figure of the 2nd century AD, best known as the son of the usurper emperor Avidius Cassius.
  • 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: Balbinus
Triple: [Gordian III, predecessor, Balbinus]
Generated description
Balbinus was a Roman emperor who briefly co-ruled the empire in 238 AD during the turbulent Year of the Six Emperors.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Balbinus
Target entity description: Balbinus was a Roman emperor who briefly co-ruled the empire in 238 AD during the turbulent Year of the Six Emperors.
  • A. Didius Julianus
    Didius Julianus was a short-lived Roman emperor in 193 AD, infamous for effectively purchasing the imperial throne during the chaotic Year of the Five Emperors.
  • B. Agrippa Postumus
    Agrippa Postumus was the youngest son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder, and a briefly designated heir of the Roman emperor Augustus before being exiled and executed.
  • C. Libius Severus
    Libius Severus was a little-known Western Roman emperor who reigned from 461 to 465 AD as a puppet of the powerful general Ricimer during the empire’s final decline.
  • D. Lucilius Bassus
    Lucilius Bassus was a 1st-century Roman general who played a key role in suppressing the Jewish Revolt under Emperor Vespasian.
  • E. Avidius Maecianus
    Avidius Maecianus was a Roman figure of the 2nd century AD, best known as the son of the usurper emperor Avidius Cassius.
  • 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_69aed95f26e0819094b0e71974543a19 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeedaaf3c881909539831bf3a8bf10 completed March 9, 2026, 3:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5a82c551c8190a97fdc5a96cf131c completed March 14, 2026, 6:25 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5a8a660bc8190bef754d74ec770b3 completed March 14, 2026, 6:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5a93451388190bd40c55634c8f6f0 completed March 14, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:23 p.m.