Triple

T8733261
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Teutoburg Forest E207308 entity
Predicate associatedWith P37 FINISHED
Object Publius Quinctilius Varus
Publius Quinctilius Varus was a Roman general and politician best known for suffering a catastrophic defeat in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, which halted Roman expansion into Germania.
E753145 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: Publius Quinctilius Varus | Statement: [Teutoburg Forest, associatedWith, Publius Quinctilius Varus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Publius Quinctilius Varus
Context triple: [Teutoburg Forest, associatedWith, Publius Quinctilius Varus]
  • A. Publius Ostorius Scapula
    Publius Ostorius Scapula was a 1st-century Roman senator and general who, as governor of Britain under Emperor Claudius, led major campaigns to consolidate Roman control over the province.
  • B. Quintus Petillius Cerialis
    Quintus Petillius Cerialis was a 1st-century Roman general and politician known for his campaigns in Britain and for suppressing the Batavian revolt under Emperor Vespasian.
  • C. Julius Civilis
    Julius Civilis was a 1st-century Batavian chieftain and Roman military officer who led a major revolt against Roman rule along the Rhine frontier.
  • D. Ventidius
    Ventidius is a Roman general and loyal supporter of Mark Antony who appears as a minor but significant character in William Shakespeare’s tragedy "Antony and Cleopatra."
  • E. Gaius Suetonius Paulinus
    Gaius Suetonius Paulinus was a 1st-century Roman general and governor of Britain best known for crushing Boudica’s revolt and consolidating Roman control over the province.
  • 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: Publius Quinctilius Varus
Triple: [Teutoburg Forest, associatedWith, Publius Quinctilius Varus]
Generated description
Publius Quinctilius Varus was a Roman general and politician best known for suffering a catastrophic defeat in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, which halted Roman expansion into Germania.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Publius Quinctilius Varus
Target entity description: Publius Quinctilius Varus was a Roman general and politician best known for suffering a catastrophic defeat in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, which halted Roman expansion into Germania.
  • A. Publius Ostorius Scapula
    Publius Ostorius Scapula was a 1st-century Roman senator and general who, as governor of Britain under Emperor Claudius, led major campaigns to consolidate Roman control over the province.
  • B. Quintus Petillius Cerialis
    Quintus Petillius Cerialis was a 1st-century Roman general and politician known for his campaigns in Britain and for suppressing the Batavian revolt under Emperor Vespasian.
  • C. Julius Civilis
    Julius Civilis was a 1st-century Batavian chieftain and Roman military officer who led a major revolt against Roman rule along the Rhine frontier.
  • D. Ventidius
    Ventidius is a Roman general and loyal supporter of Mark Antony who appears as a minor but significant character in William Shakespeare’s tragedy "Antony and Cleopatra."
  • E. Gaius Suetonius Paulinus
    Gaius Suetonius Paulinus was a 1st-century Roman general and governor of Britain best known for crushing Boudica’s revolt and consolidating Roman control over the province.
  • 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_69ca8358e4008190898471a59b96c301 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5d2903b08190a5ef29b6d6ca5f1c completed March 31, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf292d71ec819082095cb7b8b2d39c completed April 3, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf2bd4f50c8190bad328e82d299ae0 completed April 3, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf2cbf60808190a006ee4fb26cde41 completed April 3, 2026, 2:58 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:37 p.m.