Triple

T5874015
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pliny the Elder E130583 entity
Predicate militaryCommand P1061 FINISHED
Object Roman fleet at Misenum
The Roman fleet at Misenum was the Empire’s principal naval base in the Bay of Naples, serving as the main Mediterranean war fleet whose command was held by Pliny the Elder during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE.
E36805 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: Roman fleet at Misenum | Statement: [Pliny the Elder, militaryCommand, Roman fleet at Misenum]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roman fleet at Misenum
Context triple: [Pliny the Elder, militaryCommand, Roman fleet at Misenum]
  • A. Roman navy
    The Roman navy was the maritime force of ancient Rome, crucial for securing Mediterranean trade routes, supporting military campaigns, and projecting Roman power across the seas.
  • B. Portus Julius naval base
    Portus Julius naval base was an important ancient Roman naval harbor near Naples, engineered under Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa as the main base for the fleet during the wars against Sextus Pompey.
  • C. Port of Ostia (Portus Traiani)
    The Port of Ostia, known as Portus Traiani, was a major artificial harbor complex of ancient Rome that expanded the city’s maritime capacity and became a crucial hub for Mediterranean trade and grain imports.
  • D. Carthaginian navy
    The Carthaginian navy was the powerful maritime force of ancient Carthage, renowned for its skilled seafaring, extensive Mediterranean dominance, and pivotal role in the Punic Wars against Rome.
  • E. Falerii Veteres
    Falerii Veteres was the principal ancient city of the Falisci in central Italy, known as a significant pre-Roman urban center later incorporated into the Roman sphere.
  • 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: Roman fleet at Misenum
Triple: [Pliny the Elder, militaryCommand, Roman fleet at Misenum]
Generated description
The Roman fleet at Misenum was the Empire’s principal naval base in the Bay of Naples, serving as the main Mediterranean war fleet whose command was held by Pliny the Elder during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roman fleet at Misenum
Target entity description: The Roman fleet at Misenum was the Empire’s principal naval base in the Bay of Naples, serving as the main Mediterranean war fleet whose command was held by Pliny the Elder during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE.
  • A. Roman navy chosen
    The Roman navy was the maritime force of ancient Rome, crucial for securing Mediterranean trade routes, supporting military campaigns, and projecting Roman power across the seas.
  • B. Portus Julius naval base
    Portus Julius naval base was an important ancient Roman naval harbor near Naples, engineered under Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa as the main base for the fleet during the wars against Sextus Pompey.
  • C. Port of Ostia (Portus Traiani)
    The Port of Ostia, known as Portus Traiani, was a major artificial harbor complex of ancient Rome that expanded the city’s maritime capacity and became a crucial hub for Mediterranean trade and grain imports.
  • D. Carthaginian navy
    The Carthaginian navy was the powerful maritime force of ancient Carthage, renowned for its skilled seafaring, extensive Mediterranean dominance, and pivotal role in the Punic Wars against Rome.
  • E. Falerii Veteres
    Falerii Veteres was the principal ancient city of the Falisci in central Italy, known as a significant pre-Roman urban center later incorporated into the Roman sphere.
  • F. None of above.

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_69c0085523688190bfd487479ce819e6 completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c035fafb54819085378e7c8d137402 completed March 22, 2026, 6:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0b11b48d88190ba6cd5ade2f47a89 completed March 23, 2026, 3:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0b1cb731481909de9c3fde3595b7b completed March 23, 2026, 3:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0b27f53608190b2a1f78e3cd1b634 completed March 23, 2026, 3:24 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:57 p.m.