Triple

T395604
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Joe Nickell E8975 entity
Predicate hasWrittenOn P2831 FINISHED
Object Shroud of Turin
The Shroud of Turin is a centuries-old linen cloth bearing the faint image of a crucified man that many believe to be Jesus of Nazareth, making it one of the most studied and controversial religious relics in the world.
E49825 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: Shroud of Turin | Statement: [Joe Nickell, hasWrittenOn, Shroud of Turin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shroud of Turin
Context triple: [Joe Nickell, hasWrittenOn, Shroud of Turin]
  • A. Ark of the Covenant
    The Ark of the Covenant is the sacred gold-covered chest described in the Hebrew Bible as containing the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments and symbolizing God's presence with the Israelites.
  • B. Burial of Jesus
    The Burial of Jesus refers to the New Testament account of Jesus’ body being placed in a tomb by Joseph of Arimathea after his crucifixion, an event central to Christian beliefs about his death and resurrection.
  • C. Cross of Burgundy
    The Cross of Burgundy is a historic Spanish emblem featuring a red, ragged diagonal cross, long used by the Habsburgs and other Catholic monarchies as a dynastic and military symbol.
  • D. Seal of Solomon
    The Seal of Solomon is a legendary symbol, often depicted as an interlaced hexagram or pentagram, believed in various traditions to grant King Solomon authority over demons, spirits, and the natural world.
  • E. Pyrgi Tablets
    The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.
  • 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: Shroud of Turin
Triple: [Joe Nickell, hasWrittenOn, Shroud of Turin]
Generated description
The Shroud of Turin is a centuries-old linen cloth bearing the faint image of a crucified man that many believe to be Jesus of Nazareth, making it one of the most studied and controversial religious relics in the world.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shroud of Turin
Target entity description: The Shroud of Turin is a centuries-old linen cloth bearing the faint image of a crucified man that many believe to be Jesus of Nazareth, making it one of the most studied and controversial religious relics in the world.
  • A. Ark of the Covenant
    The Ark of the Covenant is the sacred gold-covered chest described in the Hebrew Bible as containing the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments and symbolizing God's presence with the Israelites.
  • B. Burial of Jesus
    The Burial of Jesus refers to the New Testament account of Jesus’ body being placed in a tomb by Joseph of Arimathea after his crucifixion, an event central to Christian beliefs about his death and resurrection.
  • C. Cross of Burgundy
    The Cross of Burgundy is a historic Spanish emblem featuring a red, ragged diagonal cross, long used by the Habsburgs and other Catholic monarchies as a dynastic and military symbol.
  • D. Seal of Solomon
    The Seal of Solomon is a legendary symbol, often depicted as an interlaced hexagram or pentagram, believed in various traditions to grant King Solomon authority over demons, spirits, and the natural world.
  • E. Pyrgi Tablets
    The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.
  • 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ee2c2d1881909aa1ccfaa4172b38 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a405fa43448190b3e78d83e791b105 completed March 1, 2026, 9:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4070f76308190bd898dcdb27f3277 completed March 1, 2026, 9:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a40794523081908839f90446beba83 completed March 1, 2026, 9:32 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.