Triple

T14300305
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Moralia E354543 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object On the Malice of Herodotus
On the Malice of Herodotus is a polemical essay by Plutarch criticizing the historian Herodotus for perceived bias and unfairness in his Histories.
E1092034 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: On the Malice of Herodotus | Statement: [Moralia, hasPart, On the Malice of Herodotus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Malice of Herodotus
Context triple: [Moralia, hasPart, On the Malice of Herodotus]
  • A. Letter to Herodotus
    Letter to Herodotus is a foundational philosophical work by Epicurus that concisely outlines his views on physics and the nature of reality.
  • B. works of Herodotus
    The works of Herodotus are a foundational collection of ancient Greek historical writings, especially his "Histories," which chronicle the Greco-Persian Wars and various cultures of the ancient world.
  • C. On Thucydides
    On Thucydides is a critical essay by the ancient Greek rhetorician Dionysius of Halicarnassus that evaluates the style and historiographical methods of the historian Thucydides.
  • D. The Writing of History
    The Writing of History is a seminal work by Michel de Certeau that critically examines how historical narratives are constructed, emphasizing the interplay between power, discourse, and the practice of writing history.
  • E. Against the Greeks
    Against the Greeks is a polemical work by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus defending Judaism and Jewish history against the criticisms and prejudices of Greco-Roman writers.
  • 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: On the Malice of Herodotus
Triple: [Moralia, hasPart, On the Malice of Herodotus]
Generated description
On the Malice of Herodotus is a polemical essay by Plutarch criticizing the historian Herodotus for perceived bias and unfairness in his Histories.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Malice of Herodotus
Target entity description: On the Malice of Herodotus is a polemical essay by Plutarch criticizing the historian Herodotus for perceived bias and unfairness in his Histories.
  • A. Letter to Herodotus
    Letter to Herodotus is a foundational philosophical work by Epicurus that concisely outlines his views on physics and the nature of reality.
  • B. works of Herodotus
    The works of Herodotus are a foundational collection of ancient Greek historical writings, especially his "Histories," which chronicle the Greco-Persian Wars and various cultures of the ancient world.
  • C. On Thucydides
    On Thucydides is a critical essay by the ancient Greek rhetorician Dionysius of Halicarnassus that evaluates the style and historiographical methods of the historian Thucydides.
  • D. The Writing of History
    The Writing of History is a seminal work by Michel de Certeau that critically examines how historical narratives are constructed, emphasizing the interplay between power, discourse, and the practice of writing history.
  • E. Against the Greeks
    Against the Greeks is a polemical work by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus defending Judaism and Jewish history against the criticisms and prejudices of Greco-Roman writers.
  • 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_69d8278e17088190b328c5a9d4be74ff completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de717e246c819083e67ac2b3b77881 completed April 14, 2026, 4:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd3d2697648190beade47df424a9e5 completed May 8, 2026, 1:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd41335b308190b1d49b214d5206a1 completed May 8, 2026, 1:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd41fcd8b08190802e54e1c18b58e2 completed May 8, 2026, 1:53 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:11 a.m.