Triple
T8950178
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Marcus Licinius Crassus |
E213323
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrayedIn |
P626
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Plutarch's Parallel Lives |
E69676
|
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: Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Statement: [Marcus Licinius Crassus, portrayedIn, Plutarch's Parallel Lives]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plutarch's Parallel Lives Context triple: [Marcus Licinius Crassus, portrayedIn, Plutarch's Parallel Lives]
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A.
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
chosen
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives is a series of biographies by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch that pairs notable Greek and Roman figures to explore their characters and moral lessons.
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B.
Plutarch
Plutarch was a Greek biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist philosopher best known for his "Parallel Lives" and "Moralia," which profoundly influenced later historiography and literature.
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C.
Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
Diogenes Laertius’ *Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers* is an early third-century biographical and doxographical compendium that preserves many of the principal anecdotes, teachings, and fragments of ancient Greek philosophers.
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D.
Polybius’ Histories
Polybius’ *Histories* is a multi-volume work of ancient Greek historiography that analyzes how Rome rose to Mediterranean dominance in the Hellenistic period through a critical, eyewitness-based narrative.
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E.
Xenophon's Memorabilia
Xenophon's Memorabilia is a Socratic dialogue in which Xenophon defends and portrays Socrates’ character and philosophy through recollected conversations and anecdotes.
- 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_69ca839843408190a39069a029a89f15 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc670b5f50819080f1c73992fe5281 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:30 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfc206550c8190abf016f25b14fa64 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 1:35 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:59 p.m.