Triple
T701876
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | El Jem Amphitheatre |
E14015
|
entity |
| Predicate | constructionStartReignOf |
P7942
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Emperor Gordian III
Emperor Gordian III was a young 3rd-century Roman emperor whose brief reign (238–244 AD) was marked by campaigns against the Sassanid Empire and relative internal stability following the Year of the Six Emperors.
|
E90821
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Emperor Gordian III | Statement: [El Jem Amphitheatre, constructionStartReignOf, Emperor Gordian III]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Emperor Gordian III Context triple: [El Jem Amphitheatre, constructionStartReignOf, Emperor Gordian III]
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A.
Carinus
Carinus was a Roman emperor of the late 3rd century who ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century and was ultimately defeated by Diocletian.
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B.
Pertinax
Pertinax was a Roman military commander and short-reigning emperor in 193 AD, known for his role in frontier wars and his brief, reform-minded rule following the assassination of Commodus.
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C.
Commodus
Commodus was a Roman emperor (reigned 180–192 AD) known for his erratic rule, self-indulgence, and association with the decline of the Roman Empire.
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D.
Maxentius
Maxentius was a Roman emperor who ruled Italy and Africa in the early 4th century and was famously defeated by Constantine the Great at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.
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E.
Valentinian III
Valentinian III was a 5th-century Western Roman emperor whose long but troubled reign was marked by internal power struggles and the empire’s accelerating decline in the West.
- 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: Emperor Gordian III Triple: [El Jem Amphitheatre, constructionStartReignOf, Emperor Gordian III]
Generated description
Emperor Gordian III was a young 3rd-century Roman emperor whose brief reign (238–244 AD) was marked by campaigns against the Sassanid Empire and relative internal stability following the Year of the Six Emperors.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Emperor Gordian III Target entity description: Emperor Gordian III was a young 3rd-century Roman emperor whose brief reign (238–244 AD) was marked by campaigns against the Sassanid Empire and relative internal stability following the Year of the Six Emperors.
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A.
Carinus
Carinus was a Roman emperor of the late 3rd century who ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century and was ultimately defeated by Diocletian.
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B.
Pertinax
Pertinax was a Roman military commander and short-reigning emperor in 193 AD, known for his role in frontier wars and his brief, reform-minded rule following the assassination of Commodus.
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C.
Commodus
Commodus was a Roman emperor (reigned 180–192 AD) known for his erratic rule, self-indulgence, and association with the decline of the Roman Empire.
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D.
Maxentius
Maxentius was a Roman emperor who ruled Italy and Africa in the early 4th century and was famously defeated by Constantine the Great at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.
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E.
Valentinian III
Valentinian III was a 5th-century Western Roman emperor whose long but troubled reign was marked by internal power struggles and the empire’s accelerating decline in the West.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: constructionStartReignOf Context triple: [El Jem Amphitheatre, constructionStartReignOf, Emperor Gordian III]
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A.
reignStart
Indicates the date or point in time when an entity’s period of ruling or governing authority begins.
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B.
builtDuringReignOf
chosen
Indicates that something was constructed while a particular ruler or authority was in power.
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C.
governingEmpireAtConstruction
Indicates the empire that held governing authority over a place or structure at the time it was constructed.
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D.
reignAs
Indicates that an entity holds and exercises ruling authority or sovereignty over a domain or people for a period of time.
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E.
startConstruction
Indicates that an entity initiates the process of building or constructing another entity or structure.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69a493494ec48190ae6751683625a9ba |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a544e3608190ac315c7aa9f88e7e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a6666acf1081908325ae2ba74b6bae |
completed | March 3, 2026, 4:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a6674809a48190b30a03a6366bdebd |
completed | March 3, 2026, 4:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a667cf4f9881908d63b5e38088c0f9 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 4:47 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4a4ec8c748190b198492a0eea4445 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:43 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.