Triple
T4472269
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Norman conquest of southern Italy |
E98520
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entity |
| Predicate | describedBySource |
P519
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FINISHED |
| Object |
William of Apulia
William of Apulia was an 11th-century Latin poet and chronicler best known for his epic account of the Norman expansion in southern Italy under Robert Guiscard.
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E445112
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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: William of Apulia | Statement: [Norman conquest of southern Italy, describedBySource, William of Apulia]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William of Apulia Context triple: [Norman conquest of southern Italy, describedBySource, William of Apulia]
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A.
Robert Guiscard
Robert Guiscard was an 11th-century Norman adventurer and military leader who played a key role in the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, founding Norman rule in the region.
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B.
William II of Apulia
William II of Apulia was a 12th-century Norman duke in southern Italy, known as one of the last members of the Hauteville dynasty to rule in the region before its consolidation into the Kingdom of Sicily.
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C.
Roger III, Duke of Apulia
Roger III, Duke of Apulia was a 12th-century Norman nobleman and heir apparent to King Roger II of Sicily, holding the ducal title over Apulia in southern Italy.
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D.
William of Hauteville
William of Hauteville was an 11th-century Norman adventurer and military leader who played a key role in the Norman conquest of southern Italy.
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E.
Humphrey of Hauteville
Humphrey of Hauteville was an 11th-century Norman nobleman who led the expansion of Norman power in southern Italy as a key member of the influential Hauteville family.
- 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: William of Apulia Triple: [Norman conquest of southern Italy, describedBySource, William of Apulia]
Generated description
William of Apulia was an 11th-century Latin poet and chronicler best known for his epic account of the Norman expansion in southern Italy under Robert Guiscard.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William of Apulia Target entity description: William of Apulia was an 11th-century Latin poet and chronicler best known for his epic account of the Norman expansion in southern Italy under Robert Guiscard.
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A.
Robert Guiscard
Robert Guiscard was an 11th-century Norman adventurer and military leader who played a key role in the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, founding Norman rule in the region.
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B.
William II of Apulia
William II of Apulia was a 12th-century Norman duke in southern Italy, known as one of the last members of the Hauteville dynasty to rule in the region before its consolidation into the Kingdom of Sicily.
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C.
Roger III, Duke of Apulia
Roger III, Duke of Apulia was a 12th-century Norman nobleman and heir apparent to King Roger II of Sicily, holding the ducal title over Apulia in southern Italy.
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D.
William of Hauteville
William of Hauteville was an 11th-century Norman adventurer and military leader who played a key role in the Norman conquest of southern Italy.
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E.
Humphrey of Hauteville
Humphrey of Hauteville was an 11th-century Norman nobleman who led the expansion of Norman power in southern Italy as a key member of the influential Hauteville family.
- 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_69b356b832c0819096f76b694277d36e |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b672251b408190b3883a6895c154d7 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b67291bcdc819098131e1ba98eaf6d |
completed | March 15, 2026, 8:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b6730133c081908a5243236dfc3094 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 8:51 a.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:35 p.m.