Triple
T8924952
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lucan’s Pharsalia |
E212516
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuresCharacter |
P626
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis |
E37085
|
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: Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis | Statement: [Lucan’s Pharsalia, featuresCharacter, Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis Context triple: [Lucan’s Pharsalia, featuresCharacter, Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis]
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A.
Cato the Elder
Cato the Elder was a Roman statesman, orator, and moralist known for his staunch conservatism, advocacy of traditional Roman values, and repeated calls for the destruction of Carthage.
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B.
Marcus Porcius Cato (father of Cato the Younger)
Marcus Porcius Cato, often called Cato the Elder’s grandson and father of Cato the Younger, was a Roman statesman of the late Republic known primarily through his connection to his more famous son.
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C.
Cato the Younger
chosen
Cato the Younger was a Roman statesman and Stoic philosopher renowned for his incorruptible integrity and staunch opposition to Julius Caesar’s rise to power.
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D.
Gaius Aurelius Cotta
Gaius Aurelius Cotta was a Roman statesman and consul of the 3rd century BC, noted for his role in Roman politics and military affairs.
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E.
Cicero
Cicero is a rapid transit station in Chicago serving the Chicago Transit Authority’s Blue Line.
- 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_69ca839481d48190b42b037e0d0f636c |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc66547de881909ea9bfd104b32893 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:27 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cffd8495488190a1d93f9e5b7e334d |
completed | April 3, 2026, 5:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:57 p.m.