Triple

T4472269
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norman conquest of southern Italy E98520 entity
Predicate describedBySource P519 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.
E445112 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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.