Triple

T398118
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Council of Ephesus E9218 entity
Predicate location P40 FINISHED
Object Ephesus
Ephesus was an ancient Greek and later Roman city in Asia Minor, famed for its grand Temple of Artemis and its significance as an early center of Christianity.
 E50337 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: Ephesus | Statement: [Council of Ephesus, location, Ephesus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ephesus
Context triple: [Council of Ephesus, location, Ephesus]
  • A. Smyrna
    Smyrna was a major Aegean port city (modern-day İzmir in Turkey) that served as a key commercial and cultural hub in the Ottoman Empire.
  • B. Tarsus
    Tarsus is an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey) known as a major cultural and commercial center of the Roman Empire and as the birthplace of the Apostle Paul.
  • C. Cyrene
    Cyrene is an ancient Greek and Roman city in eastern Libya renowned for its well-preserved ruins and historical significance as a major center of classical civilization.
  • D. Naissus
    Naissus was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Moesia, located at the site of modern-day Niš in Serbia.
  • E. Edessa
    Edessa was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, renowned as a major early center of Syriac Christianity and culture.
  • 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: Ephesus
Triple: [Council of Ephesus, location, Ephesus]
Generated description
Ephesus was an ancient Greek and later Roman city in Asia Minor, famed for its grand Temple of Artemis and its significance as an early center of Christianity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ephesus
Target entity description: Ephesus was an ancient Greek and later Roman city in Asia Minor, famed for its grand Temple of Artemis and its significance as an early center of Christianity.
  • A. Smyrna
    Smyrna was a major Aegean port city (modern-day İzmir in Turkey) that served as a key commercial and cultural hub in the Ottoman Empire.
  • B. Tarsus
    Tarsus is an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey) known as a major cultural and commercial center of the Roman Empire and as the birthplace of the Apostle Paul.
  • C. Cyrene
    Cyrene is an ancient Greek and Roman city in eastern Libya renowned for its well-preserved ruins and historical significance as a major center of classical civilization.
  • D. Naissus
    Naissus was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Moesia, located at the site of modern-day Niš in Serbia.
  • E. Edessa
    Edessa was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, renowned as a major early center of Syriac Christianity and culture.
  • 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_69a2e8004cb88190b92ed1add6abf41a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec8bcf708190b62e15806159ceb1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a40ad94f88819082f718548331037b completed March 1, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a40cdbc3d48190be0716621ded5942 completed March 1, 2026, 9:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a40d3376648190aca839b9a56d4edd completed March 1, 2026, 9:56 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.