Triple

T17598986
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Otway E428643 entity
Predicate wrote P2831 FINISHED
Object Alcibiades
Alcibiades is a tragedy by 17th-century English playwright Thomas Otway, inspired by the life and exploits of the controversial Athenian statesman and general.
E58317 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: Alcibiades | Statement: [Thomas Otway, wrote, Alcibiades]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alcibiades
Context triple: [Thomas Otway, wrote, Alcibiades]
  • A. Alcibiades
    Alcibiades was a controversial and charismatic Athenian statesman and general of the Peloponnesian War, known for his shifting political allegiances between Athens, Sparta, and Persia.
  • B. Nicias
    Nicias was a prominent Athenian statesman and general during the Peloponnesian War, best known for leading the ill-fated Sicilian Expedition.
  • C. Nicias of Argos
    Nicias of Argos was a lesser-known member of the mythic Atreid royal lineage associated with the city of Argos in ancient Greek tradition.
  • D. Hermocrates
    Hermocrates is a Syracusan statesman and military leader from classical Greece, known from historical accounts and as a character in Plato’s dialogues.
  • E. Brasidas
    Brasidas was a prominent Spartan general renowned for his bold and skillful campaigns during the Peloponnesian War.
  • 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: Alcibiades
Triple: [Thomas Otway, wrote, Alcibiades]
Generated description
Alcibiades is a tragedy by 17th-century English playwright Thomas Otway, inspired by the life and exploits of the controversial Athenian statesman and general.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alcibiades
Target entity description: Alcibiades is a tragedy by 17th-century English playwright Thomas Otway, inspired by the life and exploits of the controversial Athenian statesman and general.
  • A. Alcibiades chosen
    Alcibiades was a controversial and charismatic Athenian statesman and general of the Peloponnesian War, known for his shifting political allegiances between Athens, Sparta, and Persia.
  • B. Nicias
    Nicias was a prominent Athenian statesman and general during the Peloponnesian War, best known for leading the ill-fated Sicilian Expedition.
  • C. Nicias of Argos
    Nicias of Argos was a lesser-known member of the mythic Atreid royal lineage associated with the city of Argos in ancient Greek tradition.
  • D. Hermocrates
    Hermocrates is a Syracusan statesman and military leader from classical Greece, known from historical accounts and as a character in Plato’s dialogues.
  • E. Brasidas
    Brasidas was a prominent Spartan general renowned for his bold and skillful campaigns during the Peloponnesian War.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d889e1c6148190ba76241e74688f8b completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e46c474e5481909d2736241b592dab completed April 19, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01e819cec88190b79a7e5c1ced3e18 completed May 11, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01eed32bbc81908ea9e2588e3741f8 completed May 11, 2026, 2:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01ef6edb7c81908bdbf4d42dd6b9aa completed May 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:51 a.m.