Triple

T8916802
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sumerian King List E212313 entity
Predicate mainSubject P3 FINISHED
Object kings of Sumer
The kings of Sumer were the ancient rulers of the Sumerian city-states in southern Mesopotamia, whose reigns and dynasties are traditionally recorded in the Sumerian King List.
E37685 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: kings of Sumer | Statement: [Sumerian King List, mainSubject, kings of Sumer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: kings of Sumer
Context triple: [Sumerian King List, mainSubject, kings of Sumer]
  • A. Sumer
    Sumer was one of the earliest known civilizations in southern Mesopotamia, renowned for developing cuneiform writing, city-states like Ur and Uruk, and foundational advances in law, literature, and architecture.
  • B. kings of Byblos
    The kings of Byblos were the ancient Phoenician rulers of the city-state of Byblos, known from early Bronze Age through classical times for their role in Mediterranean trade and close ties with Egypt.
  • C. Sargon of Akkad
    Sargon of Akkad was an ancient Mesopotamian king who founded the Akkadian Empire, often regarded as the world’s first great empire.
  • D. Lugalzagesi
    Lugalzagesi was a Sumerian king of Umma and later ruler of a briefly unified Sumer, known for his military conquests and eventual defeat by Sargon of Akkad.
  • E. Akkadians
    The Akkadians were an ancient Semitic-speaking people of Mesopotamia who established one of the world’s first empires under rulers like Sargon of Akkad.
  • 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: kings of Sumer
Triple: [Sumerian King List, mainSubject, kings of Sumer]
Generated description
The kings of Sumer were the ancient rulers of the Sumerian city-states in southern Mesopotamia, whose reigns and dynasties are traditionally recorded in the Sumerian King List.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: kings of Sumer
Target entity description: The kings of Sumer were the ancient rulers of the Sumerian city-states in southern Mesopotamia, whose reigns and dynasties are traditionally recorded in the Sumerian King List.
  • A. Sumer chosen
    Sumer was one of the earliest known civilizations in southern Mesopotamia, renowned for developing cuneiform writing, city-states like Ur and Uruk, and foundational advances in law, literature, and architecture.
  • B. kings of Byblos
    The kings of Byblos were the ancient Phoenician rulers of the city-state of Byblos, known from early Bronze Age through classical times for their role in Mediterranean trade and close ties with Egypt.
  • C. Sargon of Akkad
    Sargon of Akkad was an ancient Mesopotamian king who founded the Akkadian Empire, often regarded as the world’s first great empire.
  • D. King of Sumer and Akkad
    The King of Sumer and Akkad was the royal title used by rulers who claimed supremacy over both the Sumerian and Akkadian regions of ancient Mesopotamia, signifying control of a unified southern Mesopotamian kingdom.
  • E. Lugalzagesi
    Lugalzagesi was a Sumerian king of Umma and later ruler of a briefly unified Sumer, known for his military conquests and eventual defeat by Sargon of Akkad.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca8393b1808190bd4336787ffa2c40 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc6610cd48819090a184c5f9465626 completed April 1, 2026, 12:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfba4567a88190855b964bc6e3ac6f completed April 3, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfbb0db6848190a375196a021d1bb9 completed April 3, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfbf7f551c819089830d16fe55599e completed April 3, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:56 p.m.