Triple

T18173251
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ben-Hur (2016 film) E435084 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Messala Severus
Messala Severus is the ambitious and conflicted Roman adoptive brother and rival of Judah Ben-Hur in the 2016 film adaptation of "Ben-Hur."
E1309637 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: Messala Severus | Statement: [Ben-Hur (2016 film), character, Messala Severus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Messala Severus
Context triple: [Ben-Hur (2016 film), character, Messala Severus]
  • A. Flavius Valerius Severus
    Flavius Valerius Severus was a Roman emperor of the early 4th century who briefly ruled the Western Roman Empire during the turbulent period of the Tetrarchy.
  • 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. 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.
  • D. Marcus Sedatius Severianus
    Marcus Sedatius Severianus was a 2nd-century Roman senator and general best known for leading a disastrous campaign against the Parthians in Armenia under Emperor Hadrian.
  • E. Quintillus
    Quintillus was a short-reigning 3rd-century Roman emperor who briefly ruled after Claudius Gothicus and before Aurelian during the Crisis of the Third Century.
  • 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: Messala Severus
Triple: [Ben-Hur (2016 film), character, Messala Severus]
Generated description
Messala Severus is the ambitious and conflicted Roman adoptive brother and rival of Judah Ben-Hur in the 2016 film adaptation of "Ben-Hur."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Messala Severus
Target entity description: Messala Severus is the ambitious and conflicted Roman adoptive brother and rival of Judah Ben-Hur in the 2016 film adaptation of "Ben-Hur."
  • A. Flavius Valerius Severus
    Flavius Valerius Severus was a Roman emperor of the early 4th century who briefly ruled the Western Roman Empire during the turbulent period of the Tetrarchy.
  • 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. 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.
  • D. Marcus Sedatius Severianus
    Marcus Sedatius Severianus was a 2nd-century Roman senator and general best known for leading a disastrous campaign against the Parthians in Armenia under Emperor Hadrian.
  • E. Quintillus
    Quintillus was a short-reigning 3rd-century Roman emperor who briefly ruled after Claudius Gothicus and before Aurelian during the Crisis of the Third Century.
  • 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_69d8b90b7a188190b3fc7b8d4a6cd20a completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4df583a8081908c07d3534091c2ae completed April 19, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a038fc899688190afcfde970a92ef75 completed May 12, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03919381288190933d198a71466ccc completed May 12, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03922a2a148190917adab265da0e55 completed May 12, 2026, 8:48 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:30 a.m.