Triple
T975135
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Beowulf |
E21035
|
entity |
| Predicate | manuscriptShelfmark |
P19913
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Cotton Vitellius A XV
Cotton Vitellius A XV is the medieval manuscript in the British Library that famously preserves the only surviving copy of the Old English epic poem Beowulf.
|
E114827
|
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: Cotton Vitellius A XV | Statement: [Beowulf, manuscriptShelfmark, Cotton Vitellius A XV]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cotton Vitellius A XV Context triple: [Beowulf, manuscriptShelfmark, Cotton Vitellius A XV]
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A.
Libius Severus
Libius Severus was a little-known Western Roman emperor who reigned from 461 to 465 AD as a puppet of the powerful general Ricimer during the empire’s final decline.
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B.
Sextus Julius Severus
Sextus Julius Severus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and governor, best known for his decisive role in suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judea.
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C.
Vitellius
Vitellius was a short-lived Roman emperor in 69 AD, the tumultuous "Year of the Four Emperors," known for his downfall amid civil war and succession by Vespasian.
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D.
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus was a Roman senator and aristocrat of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, best known as the biological father of the emperor Nero.
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E.
Herodian
Herodian refers to a member of the Herodian dynasty, the ruling family of client kings in Judea and surrounding regions during the late Second Temple period under Roman authority.
- 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: Cotton Vitellius A XV Triple: [Beowulf, manuscriptShelfmark, Cotton Vitellius A XV]
Generated description
Cotton Vitellius A XV is the medieval manuscript in the British Library that famously preserves the only surviving copy of the Old English epic poem Beowulf.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cotton Vitellius A XV Target entity description: Cotton Vitellius A XV is the medieval manuscript in the British Library that famously preserves the only surviving copy of the Old English epic poem Beowulf.
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A.
Libius Severus
Libius Severus was a little-known Western Roman emperor who reigned from 461 to 465 AD as a puppet of the powerful general Ricimer during the empire’s final decline.
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B.
Sextus Julius Severus
Sextus Julius Severus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and governor, best known for his decisive role in suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judea.
-
C.
Vitellius
Vitellius was a short-lived Roman emperor in 69 AD, the tumultuous "Year of the Four Emperors," known for his downfall amid civil war and succession by Vespasian.
-
D.
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus was a Roman senator and aristocrat of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, best known as the biological father of the emperor Nero.
-
E.
Herodian
Herodian refers to a member of the Herodian dynasty, the ruling family of client kings in Judea and surrounding regions during the late Second Temple period under Roman authority.
- 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_69a493c2b62c8190b616351789ec47f8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b460a5c0819087b03dfb8a3af2c2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac170c0fdc8190b904ca5737764f5a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 12:16 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac17c2e6f48190be6fce7f279957c4 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 12:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac1844acec81909859605d2421a588 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 12:21 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.