Triple
T9745855
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hercynian Forest |
E236305
|
entity |
| Predicate | notedBy |
P5301
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Pliny the Elder |
E130583
|
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: Pliny the Elder | Statement: [Hercynian Forest, notedBy, Pliny the Elder]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pliny the Elder Context triple: [Hercynian Forest, notedBy, Pliny the Elder]
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A.
Pliny the Elder
chosen
Pliny the Elder was a 1st-century Roman author, naturalist, and military commander best known for his encyclopedic work "Naturalis Historia," which compiled much of the scientific and cultural knowledge of the ancient world.
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B.
Pliny the Younger
Pliny the Younger was a Roman lawyer, author, and magistrate best known for his surviving letters, which provide a vivid picture of Roman administrative life and include eyewitness accounts of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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C.
Appianus
Appianus is the Latinized name of Appian of Alexandria, a 2nd-century Roman historian best known for his multi-volume work "Roman History," which covers the rise and expansion of Rome.
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D.
Marcus Annaeus Mela
Marcus Annaeus Mela was a Roman equestrian and father of the poet Lucan, best known as the younger brother of the philosopher and statesman Seneca the Younger.
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E.
Julius of Puteoli
Julius of Puteoli was a 5th-century cleric who served as a papal legate representing the pope at the controversial Second Council of Ephesus in 449.
- 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_69ca84d3e24481908a476e2231123cf9 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9f65ad788190b68d731b6f516d93 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1b004a6e88190a974f4a8973f91ef |
completed | April 5, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:23 p.m.