Triple
T8618804
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dio Cassius |
E204108
|
entity |
| Predicate | governedProvince |
P10006
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Africa (possibly as proconsul) |
E41531
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Africa (possibly as proconsul) | Statement: [Dio Cassius, governedProvince, Africa (possibly as proconsul)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Africa (possibly as proconsul) Context triple: [Dio Cassius, governedProvince, Africa (possibly as proconsul)]
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A.
Africa Proconsularis
chosen
Africa Proconsularis was a wealthy Roman province in North Africa, centered on modern-day Tunisia and parts of Libya, known for its prosperous cities, agriculture, and strategic importance to the Roman Empire.
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B.
Lepidus controlled parts of Africa
Lepidus controlled parts of Africa was the share of African territories assigned to the Roman statesman Lepidus under the power-sharing arrangement of the Second Triumvirate.
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C.
Proconsul
Proconsul is an extinct genus of early Miocene primates that exhibits a mix of monkey-like and ape-like features and is considered important for understanding the evolution of hominoids.
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D.
Augustal prefect of Egypt
The Augustal prefect of Egypt was the Roman Empire’s chief administrative and military governor of the province of Egypt, overseeing its taxation, justice, and grain supply to Rome.
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E.
Africanus
Africanus is the cognomen famously borne by the Roman general Scipio, celebrated for his decisive victories over Carthage in the Second Punic War.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69cebbcb910881909088da53c6e31ae3 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 6:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:26 p.m.