Triple

T8618726
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus E204107 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Caecilius
Caecilius is the family name of a prominent ancient Roman gens that included influential politicians and military leaders such as Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus.
 E749514 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: Caecilius | Statement: [Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, familyName, Caecilius]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Caecilius
Context triple: [Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, familyName, Caecilius]
  • A. Gaius Caecilius
    Gaius Caecilius, better known as Pliny the Younger, was a Roman lawyer, author, and magistrate whose letters provide a key eyewitness account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and valuable insight into Roman imperial society.
  • B. Pomponius
    Pomponius is a figure from early Roman tradition known primarily as a son of the legendary second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius.
  • C. Proculeius
    Proculeius is a loyal Roman officer in Shakespeare’s tragedy "Antony and Cleopatra," known for his role in securing Cleopatra’s surrender on Octavius Caesar’s behalf.
  • D. Terentius
    Terentius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) that gave rise to the later surname Terence.
  • E. Cocceius
    Cocceius is the family name of the Roman imperial dynasty to which the emperor Nerva belonged.
  • 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: Caecilius
Triple: [Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, familyName, Caecilius]
Generated description
Caecilius is the family name of a prominent ancient Roman gens that included influential politicians and military leaders such as Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Caecilius
Target entity description: Caecilius is the family name of a prominent ancient Roman gens that included influential politicians and military leaders such as Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus.
  • A. Gaius Caecilius
    Gaius Caecilius, better known as Pliny the Younger, was a Roman lawyer, author, and magistrate whose letters provide a key eyewitness account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and valuable insight into Roman imperial society.
  • B. Pomponius
    Pomponius is a figure from early Roman tradition known primarily as a son of the legendary second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius.
  • C. Proculeius
    Proculeius is a loyal Roman officer in Shakespeare’s tragedy "Antony and Cleopatra," known for his role in securing Cleopatra’s surrender on Octavius Caesar’s behalf.
  • D. Terentius
    Terentius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) that gave rise to the later surname Terence.
  • E. Cocceius
    Cocceius is the family name of the Roman imperial dynasty to which the emperor Nerva belonged.
  • 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_69ca832ceab8819096e4a9f546695079 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc4712e74c81908b607a0ab2f9a361 completed March 31, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cecc92beb48190ad406f48e58d9d0c completed April 2, 2026, 8:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cece1681288190a6c99407bc2f0bdd completed April 2, 2026, 8:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cecec118ac81909fbcafe841354c32 completed April 2, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:26 p.m.