Triple

T561567
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Trajan E13462 entity
Predicate deathPlace P21 FINISHED
Object Selinus in Cilicia
Selinus in Cilicia was an ancient coastal city in Roman Cilicia, in southern Asia Minor, later renamed Trajanopolis in honor of the emperor Trajan who died there.
E70331 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: Selinus in Cilicia | Statement: [Trajan, deathPlace, Selinus in Cilicia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Selinus in Cilicia
Context triple: [Trajan, deathPlace, Selinus in Cilicia]
  • A. Tarsus
    Tarsus is an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey) known as a major cultural and commercial center of the Roman Empire and as the birthplace of the Apostle Paul.
  • B. Edessa
    Edessa was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, renowned as a major early center of Syriac Christianity and culture.
  • C. Cyrene
    Cyrene is an ancient Greek and Roman city in eastern Libya renowned for its well-preserved ruins and historical significance as a major center of classical civilization.
  • D. Lycia
    Lycia was an ancient region on the southwestern coast of Anatolia, known for its distinctive Lycian civilization, rock-cut tombs, and later incorporation into Greek and Roman spheres.
  • E. Smyrna
    Smyrna was a major Aegean port city (modern-day İzmir in Turkey) that served as a key commercial and cultural hub in the Ottoman Empire.
  • 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: Selinus in Cilicia
Triple: [Trajan, deathPlace, Selinus in Cilicia]
Generated description
Selinus in Cilicia was an ancient coastal city in Roman Cilicia, in southern Asia Minor, later renamed Trajanopolis in honor of the emperor Trajan who died there.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Selinus in Cilicia
Target entity description: Selinus in Cilicia was an ancient coastal city in Roman Cilicia, in southern Asia Minor, later renamed Trajanopolis in honor of the emperor Trajan who died there.
  • A. Tarsus
    Tarsus is an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey) known as a major cultural and commercial center of the Roman Empire and as the birthplace of the Apostle Paul.
  • B. Edessa
    Edessa was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, renowned as a major early center of Syriac Christianity and culture.
  • C. Cyrene
    Cyrene is an ancient Greek and Roman city in eastern Libya renowned for its well-preserved ruins and historical significance as a major center of classical civilization.
  • D. Lycia
    Lycia was an ancient region on the southwestern coast of Anatolia, known for its distinctive Lycian civilization, rock-cut tombs, and later incorporation into Greek and Roman spheres.
  • E. Smyrna
    Smyrna was a major Aegean port city (modern-day İzmir in Turkey) that served as a key commercial and cultural hub in the Ottoman Empire.
  • 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_69a4933edcf08190b35ecfd6014caee6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a499e2795c8190903240e79964156d completed March 1, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4e9bd6c44819094ba815966ca7937 completed March 2, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4ea332c2081909a615287ad0629be completed March 2, 2026, 1:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4eadfefec81908fc3c2522fe79969 completed March 2, 2026, 1:41 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.