Triple

T17932942
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Andriscus E448378 entity
Predicate opponent P437 FINISHED
Object Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus was a prominent 2nd-century BC Roman general and statesman best known for defeating the Macedonian pretender Andriscus and turning Macedonia into a Roman province.
E1296418 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: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus | Statement: [Andriscus, opponent, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus
Context triple: [Andriscus, opponent, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus]
  • A. Titus Quinctius Flamininus
    Titus Quinctius Flamininus was a Roman general and statesman of the early 2nd century BC, best known for defeating Philip V of Macedon and proclaiming the "freedom of the Greeks" after the Battle of Cynoscephalae.
  • B. Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
    Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, noted for his aristocratic leadership in the Jugurthine War and his opposition to the rising power of Gaius Marius.
  • C. Lucius Caecilius Metellus Diadematus
    Lucius Caecilius Metellus Diadematus was a prominent Roman statesman of the late Republic who served as consul in 117 BC and censor in 115 BC, known for his strict moral conservatism and influence within the powerful Caecilii Metelli family.
  • D. Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius
    Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius was a prominent Roman statesman and general of the late Republic, noted for his support of Sulla and his role in the civil wars of the early 1st century BC.
  • E. Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus
    Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus was a prominent Roman statesman and general of the late Republic, noted for his consulship, censorship, and military successes that earned him the agnomen "Dalmaticus."
  • 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: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus
Triple: [Andriscus, opponent, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus]
Generated description
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus was a prominent 2nd-century BC Roman general and statesman best known for defeating the Macedonian pretender Andriscus and turning Macedonia into a Roman province.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus
Target entity description: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus was a prominent 2nd-century BC Roman general and statesman best known for defeating the Macedonian pretender Andriscus and turning Macedonia into a Roman province.
  • A. Titus Quinctius Flamininus
    Titus Quinctius Flamininus was a Roman general and statesman of the early 2nd century BC, best known for defeating Philip V of Macedon and proclaiming the "freedom of the Greeks" after the Battle of Cynoscephalae.
  • B. Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
    Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, noted for his aristocratic leadership in the Jugurthine War and his opposition to the rising power of Gaius Marius.
  • C. Lucius Caecilius Metellus Diadematus
    Lucius Caecilius Metellus Diadematus was a prominent Roman statesman of the late Republic who served as consul in 117 BC and censor in 115 BC, known for his strict moral conservatism and influence within the powerful Caecilii Metelli family.
  • D. Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius
    Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius was a prominent Roman statesman and general of the late Republic, noted for his support of Sulla and his role in the civil wars of the early 1st century BC.
  • E. Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus
    Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus was a prominent Roman statesman and general of the late Republic, noted for his consulship, censorship, and military successes that earned him the agnomen "Dalmaticus."
  • 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_69d8b9f79d14819095540856928f0e25 completed April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4a55381708190b5dfce6a81bb20d8 completed April 19, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03213a24b48190aad2297210e86d78 completed May 12, 2026, 12:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0322181a5c8190b34ea80445fc5596 completed May 12, 2026, 12:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0322a4c9448190823e9fdc03ea9f90 completed May 12, 2026, 12:52 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:21 a.m.