Triple

T8618749
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus E204107 entity
Predicate relative P37 FINISHED
Object Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius
Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius was a Roman statesman of the influential Caecilius Metellus family who served as consul and held other high offices during the late Roman Republic.
E790128 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: Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius | Statement: [Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, relative, Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius
Context triple: [Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, relative, Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius]
  • A. Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus
    Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus was a Roman statesman of the powerful Caecilii Metelli family who reached the consulship during the late Roman Republic.
  • B. Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius
    Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius was a prominent Roman statesman and general of the late Republic, noted for his support of Sulla and his role in the civil wars of the early 1st century BC.
  • C. Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
    Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, noted for his aristocratic leadership in the Jugurthine War and his opposition to the rising power of Gaius Marius.
  • D. Quintus Lutatius Catulus
    Quintus Lutatius Catulus was a prominent late Roman Republic statesman and general, known for his conservative politics, rivalry with Gaius Marius, and role in the Social and civil wars.
  • E. Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus
    Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus was a Roman general and statesman of the early Second Punic War, known for his campaigns in Hispania against Carthaginian forces.
  • 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: Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius
Triple: [Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, relative, Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius]
Generated description
Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius was a Roman statesman of the influential Caecilius Metellus family who served as consul and held other high offices during the late Roman Republic.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius
Target entity description: Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius was a Roman statesman of the influential Caecilius Metellus family who served as consul and held other high offices during the late Roman Republic.
  • A. Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus
    Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus was a Roman statesman of the powerful Caecilii Metelli family who reached the consulship during the late Roman Republic.
  • B. Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius
    Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius was a prominent Roman statesman and general of the late Republic, noted for his support of Sulla and his role in the civil wars of the early 1st century BC.
  • C. Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
    Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, noted for his aristocratic leadership in the Jugurthine War and his opposition to the rising power of Gaius Marius.
  • D. Quintus Lutatius Catulus
    Quintus Lutatius Catulus was a prominent late Roman Republic statesman and general, known for his conservative politics, rivalry with Gaius Marius, and role in the Social and civil wars.
  • E. Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus
    Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus was a Roman general and statesman of the early Second Punic War, known for his campaigns in Hispania against Carthaginian forces.
  • 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_69d0b1495b3081909be160d97179b6e1 completed April 4, 2026, 6:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0b2b9fbf4819083e594d676323c65 completed April 4, 2026, 6:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0b343a040819098620e2e3c451b39 completed April 4, 2026, 6:44 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:26 p.m.