Triple

T4038251
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Democritus E83879 entity
Predicate birthPlace P1 FINISHED
Object Abdera
Abdera was an ancient Greek city in Thrace, historically notable as the hometown of the philosopher Democritus.
 E408367 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: Abdera | Statement: [Democritus, birthPlace, Abdera]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Abdera
Context triple: [Democritus, birthPlace, Abdera]
  • A. Amphipolis
    Amphipolis is an ancient Greek city in eastern Macedonia known for its strategic location near the Strymon River and its rich archaeological remains from the Classical and Hellenistic periods.
  • B. Lampsacus
    Lampsacus was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of the Hellespont, known as a center of philosophy and culture in classical antiquity.
  • C. Heraclea
    Heraclea was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy’s Lucania region, known for its strategic location and role in Magna Graecia.
  • D. Selymbria
    Selymbria was an ancient Greek colony on the Propontis (Sea of Marmara), known as a coastal city strategically located near the later site of Constantinople.
  • E. Demetrias
    Demetrias was an ancient Greek city in the region of Thessaly, known as a significant Hellenistic and later Roman urban and naval center.
  • 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: Abdera
Triple: [Democritus, birthPlace, Abdera]
Generated description
Abdera was an ancient Greek city in Thrace, historically notable as the hometown of the philosopher Democritus.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Abdera
Target entity description: Abdera was an ancient Greek city in Thrace, historically notable as the hometown of the philosopher Democritus.
  • A. Amphipolis
    Amphipolis is an ancient Greek city in eastern Macedonia known for its strategic location near the Strymon River and its rich archaeological remains from the Classical and Hellenistic periods.
  • B. Lampsacus
    Lampsacus was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of the Hellespont, known as a center of philosophy and culture in classical antiquity.
  • C. Heraclea
    Heraclea was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy’s Lucania region, known for its strategic location and role in Magna Graecia.
  • D. Selymbria
    Selymbria was an ancient Greek colony on the Propontis (Sea of Marmara), known as a coastal city strategically located near the later site of Constantinople.
  • E. Demetrias
    Demetrias was an ancient Greek city in the region of Thessaly, known as a significant Hellenistic and later Roman urban and naval center.
  • 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_69aed92f7cf0819098e0539bdcc3767f completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefb3656f08190aa5286d951013646 completed March 9, 2026, 4:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b55646e5d881909eadd0640a4f1796 completed March 14, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b556fec4708190b221893ec35f1a38 completed March 14, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b557f73cbc8190b904089ab0fa97d6 completed March 14, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:37 p.m.