Triple

T4468279
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gnosticism E98431 entity
Predicate hasKeyFigure P810 FINISHED
Object Simon Magus
Simon Magus is a 1st-century Samaritan religious figure often portrayed in early Christian and Gnostic traditions as a magician and heretic who opposed the apostles and inspired later Gnostic thought.
 E441613 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: Simon Magus | Statement: [Gnosticism, hasKeyFigure, Simon Magus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Simon Magus
Context triple: [Gnosticism, hasKeyFigure, Simon Magus]
  • A. Gregory Thaumaturgus
    Gregory Thaumaturgus was a 3rd-century Christian bishop and theologian, renowned for his missionary work in Neocaesarea and his reputation for performing miracles.
  • B. Serapion of Thmuis
    Serapion of Thmuis was a 4th-century Christian bishop and theologian, known as a close associate of Athanasius of Alexandria and a defender of Nicene orthodoxy.
  • C. Nazarenus
    Nazarenus is a Latin term meaning “of Nazareth,” traditionally used in Christian inscriptions and texts to refer to Jesus as “the Nazarene.”
  • D. Caelestius
    Caelestius was a 5th-century Christian theologian and associate of Pelagius, known for advocating Pelagian doctrines that were later condemned as heretical by the early Church.
  • E. Didymus
    Didymus is another name for the Apostle Thomas, one of Jesus Christ’s twelve original disciples in the New Testament.
  • 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: Simon Magus
Triple: [Gnosticism, hasKeyFigure, Simon Magus]
Generated description
Simon Magus is a 1st-century Samaritan religious figure often portrayed in early Christian and Gnostic traditions as a magician and heretic who opposed the apostles and inspired later Gnostic thought.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Simon Magus
Target entity description: Simon Magus is a 1st-century Samaritan religious figure often portrayed in early Christian and Gnostic traditions as a magician and heretic who opposed the apostles and inspired later Gnostic thought.
  • A. Gregory Thaumaturgus
    Gregory Thaumaturgus was a 3rd-century Christian bishop and theologian, renowned for his missionary work in Neocaesarea and his reputation for performing miracles.
  • B. Serapion of Thmuis
    Serapion of Thmuis was a 4th-century Christian bishop and theologian, known as a close associate of Athanasius of Alexandria and a defender of Nicene orthodoxy.
  • C. Nazarenus
    Nazarenus is a Latin term meaning “of Nazareth,” traditionally used in Christian inscriptions and texts to refer to Jesus as “the Nazarene.”
  • D. Caelestius
    Caelestius was a 5th-century Christian theologian and associate of Pelagius, known for advocating Pelagian doctrines that were later condemned as heretical by the early Church.
  • E. Didymus
    Didymus is another name for the Apostle Thomas, one of Jesus Christ’s twelve original disciples in the New Testament.
  • 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_69b3454b4ae481908967426dd37284d6 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3569ba84881909e9c1d9dfc004439 completed March 13, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b628665ba4819095d5ab205dd852d7 completed March 15, 2026, 3:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b62954b77c8190968f844514656415 completed March 15, 2026, 3:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b62a0cd92c8190a9eee2a9d73fb679 completed March 15, 2026, 3:39 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:34 p.m.