Triple

T8424325
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Masinissa E198938 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Roman–Numidian alliance
The Roman–Numidian alliance was a strategic partnership between the Roman Republic and King Masinissa of Numidia that played a crucial role in Rome’s victory over Carthage during the Second Punic War and the subsequent Punic Wars.
E733161 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–Numidian alliance | Statement: [Masinissa, knownFor, Roman–Numidian alliance]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roman–Numidian alliance
Context triple: [Masinissa, knownFor, Roman–Numidian alliance]
  • A. Jugurthine War
    The Jugurthine War was a late 2nd-century BCE conflict between Rome and King Jugurtha of Numidia that exposed deep political corruption in the Roman Republic and helped launch the career of Gaius Marius.
  • B. Dacian Wars
    The Dacian Wars were a series of early 2nd-century Roman military campaigns in which Emperor Trajan conquered the Dacian kingdom, expanding the Roman Empire and securing its northeastern frontier.
  • C. Roman–Palmyrene War
    The Roman–Palmyrene War was a 3rd-century conflict in which the Roman Empire fought to suppress the breakaway Palmyrene Empire led by Queen Zenobia and restore imperial control over the Eastern provinces.
  • D. Battle of Ad Decimum
    The Battle of Ad Decimum was a decisive 533 AD clash near Carthage in which the Byzantine general Belisarius defeated the Vandals, paving the way for the reconquest of North Africa by the Eastern Roman Empire.
  • E. Roman–Parthian Wars
    The Roman–Parthian Wars were a series of protracted military conflicts between the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire over dominance in the Near East from the 1st century BCE to the 3rd century CE.
  • 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–Numidian alliance
Triple: [Masinissa, knownFor, Roman–Numidian alliance]
Generated description
The Roman–Numidian alliance was a strategic partnership between the Roman Republic and King Masinissa of Numidia that played a crucial role in Rome’s victory over Carthage during the Second Punic War and the subsequent Punic Wars.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roman–Numidian alliance
Target entity description: The Roman–Numidian alliance was a strategic partnership between the Roman Republic and King Masinissa of Numidia that played a crucial role in Rome’s victory over Carthage during the Second Punic War and the subsequent Punic Wars.
  • A. Jugurthine War
    The Jugurthine War was a late 2nd-century BCE conflict between Rome and King Jugurtha of Numidia that exposed deep political corruption in the Roman Republic and helped launch the career of Gaius Marius.
  • B. Dacian Wars
    The Dacian Wars were a series of early 2nd-century Roman military campaigns in which Emperor Trajan conquered the Dacian kingdom, expanding the Roman Empire and securing its northeastern frontier.
  • C. Roman–Palmyrene War
    The Roman–Palmyrene War was a 3rd-century conflict in which the Roman Empire fought to suppress the breakaway Palmyrene Empire led by Queen Zenobia and restore imperial control over the Eastern provinces.
  • D. Battle of Ad Decimum
    The Battle of Ad Decimum was a decisive 533 AD clash near Carthage in which the Byzantine general Belisarius defeated the Vandals, paving the way for the reconquest of North Africa by the Eastern Roman Empire.
  • E. Roman–Parthian Wars
    The Roman–Parthian Wars were a series of protracted military conflicts between the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire over dominance in the Near East from the 1st century BCE to the 3rd century CE.
  • 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_69ca8312d63c8190bf133b676b44a385 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb85a0d04481908a5da908cafeceaa completed March 31, 2026, 8:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce035aac4c81909066c1ca1318d006 completed April 2, 2026, 5:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce07837648819080cd4026af55b246 completed April 2, 2026, 6:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce083cee848190b27a7dd19a16a0dc completed April 2, 2026, 6:10 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:07 p.m.