Triple

T585255
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Marseille E15143 entity
Predicate ancientName P2834 FINISHED
Object Massilia
Massilia was the ancient Greek colony and major Mediterranean trading port that later became the modern French city of Marseille.
 E73569 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: Massilia | Statement: [Marseille, ancientName, Massilia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Massilia
Context triple: [Marseille, ancientName, Massilia]
  • A. Carthage
    Carthage was an influential ancient Phoenician city-state and maritime empire in North Africa, renowned for its trade networks and conflicts with Rome during the Punic Wars.
  • B. Antium
    Antium was an ancient coastal town in Latium, Italy, notable as a resort and birthplace of several Roman emperors, including Caligula and Nero.
  • C. Tarascon
    Tarascon is a historic town in southern France, known for its medieval castle and Provençal heritage along the lower Rhône Valley.
  • D. Zancle
    Zancle was an ancient Greek city in Sicily, known later as Messana (modern Messina), and was one of the key colonies of Magna Graecia.
  • E. Lixus
    Lixus was an ancient Phoenician (and later Carthaginian and Roman) coastal city in present-day Morocco, known as one of the oldest settlements in Northwest Africa and a key center of Mediterranean trade.
  • 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: Massilia
Triple: [Marseille, ancientName, Massilia]
Generated description
Massilia was the ancient Greek colony and major Mediterranean trading port that later became the modern French city of Marseille.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Massilia
Target entity description: Massilia was the ancient Greek colony and major Mediterranean trading port that later became the modern French city of Marseille.
  • A. Carthage
    Carthage was an influential ancient Phoenician city-state and maritime empire in North Africa, renowned for its trade networks and conflicts with Rome during the Punic Wars.
  • B. Antium
    Antium was an ancient coastal town in Latium, Italy, notable as a resort and birthplace of several Roman emperors, including Caligula and Nero.
  • C. Tarascon
    Tarascon is a historic town in southern France, known for its medieval castle and Provençal heritage along the lower Rhône Valley.
  • D. Zancle
    Zancle was an ancient Greek city in Sicily, known later as Messana (modern Messina), and was one of the key colonies of Magna Graecia.
  • E. Lixus
    Lixus was an ancient Phoenician (and later Carthaginian and Roman) coastal city in present-day Morocco, known as one of the oldest settlements in Northwest Africa and a key center of Mediterranean trade.
  • 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_69a4935783b8819082b77726ec10cc42 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49b9874c88190bd1e08d4689ea124 completed March 1, 2026, 8:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a5103a30fc819086a1e95d4dfc8749 completed March 2, 2026, 4:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a511460df4819099f70838f0f28e4b completed March 2, 2026, 4:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a511b4b63481909b8f027726f5778e completed March 2, 2026, 4:27 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.