Triple

T549775
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hannibal E11810 entity
Predicate describedIn P519 FINISHED
Object Polybius’ Histories
Polybius’ *Histories* is a multi-volume work of ancient Greek historiography that analyzes how Rome rose to Mediterranean dominance in the Hellenistic period through a critical, eyewitness-based narrative.
E69064 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: Polybius’ Histories | Statement: [Hannibal, describedIn, Polybius’ Histories]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Polybius’ Histories
Context triple: [Hannibal, describedIn, Polybius’ Histories]
  • A. Book III: Polybius
    Book III: Polybius is a section of Cotton Mather’s historical work *Magnalia Christi Americana* that emulates the style of the ancient historian Polybius to interpret and narrate New England’s colonial history.
  • B. Livy
    Livy was the affectionate nickname of Olivia Langdon Clemens, the wife of American author Mark Twain and an important influence on his life and work.
  • C. Livy
    Livy was a renowned Roman historian best known for his monumental work "Ab Urbe Condita," which chronicled the history of Rome from its legendary founding through his own time.
  • D. Zosimus' "New History"
    Zosimus' "New History" is a late antique Greek historical work that offers a pagan, critical account of the Roman Empire’s decline, including a detailed narrative of the Sack of Rome in 410.
  • E. works of Herodotus
    The works of Herodotus are a foundational collection of ancient Greek historical writings, especially his "Histories," which chronicle the Greco-Persian Wars and various cultures of the ancient world.
  • 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: Polybius’ Histories
Triple: [Hannibal, describedIn, Polybius’ Histories]
Generated description
Polybius’ *Histories* is a multi-volume work of ancient Greek historiography that analyzes how Rome rose to Mediterranean dominance in the Hellenistic period through a critical, eyewitness-based narrative.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Polybius’ Histories
Target entity description: Polybius’ *Histories* is a multi-volume work of ancient Greek historiography that analyzes how Rome rose to Mediterranean dominance in the Hellenistic period through a critical, eyewitness-based narrative.
  • A. Book III: Polybius
    Book III: Polybius is a section of Cotton Mather’s historical work *Magnalia Christi Americana* that emulates the style of the ancient historian Polybius to interpret and narrate New England’s colonial history.
  • B. Livy
    Livy was the affectionate nickname of Olivia Langdon Clemens, the wife of American author Mark Twain and an important influence on his life and work.
  • C. Livy
    Livy was a renowned Roman historian best known for his monumental work "Ab Urbe Condita," which chronicled the history of Rome from its legendary founding through his own time.
  • D. Zosimus' "New History"
    Zosimus' "New History" is a late antique Greek historical work that offers a pagan, critical account of the Roman Empire’s decline, including a detailed narrative of the Sack of Rome in 410.
  • E. works of Herodotus
    The works of Herodotus are a foundational collection of ancient Greek historical writings, especially his "Histories," which chronicle the Greco-Persian Wars and various cultures of the ancient world.
  • 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_69a4932941d08190815efd422f0b4ca7 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49901e4e481909a5ed93c21ab37bd completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4e3f755288190bcbf798cd52f84e1 completed March 2, 2026, 1:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4e454a0288190a7056b206341519a completed March 2, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4e4d7bd108190a386a40c4b739d11 completed March 2, 2026, 1:16 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.