Triple

T21198759
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hieron II of Syracuse E522394 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Hierocles of Syracuse
Hierocles of Syracuse was an ancient Syracusan figure known primarily as the son of King Hieron II, a prominent ruler of Hellenistic Syracuse.
E1471894 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: Hierocles of Syracuse | Statement: [Hieron II of Syracuse, father, Hierocles of Syracuse]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hierocles of Syracuse
Context triple: [Hieron II of Syracuse, father, Hierocles of Syracuse]
  • A. Aristomache of Syracuse
    Aristomache of Syracuse was an ancient Greek noblewoman best known as one of the wives of the tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse and a member of his powerful Sicilian court.
  • B. Monimus of Syracuse
    Monimus of Syracuse was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for his radical advocacy of asceticism and the rejection of conventional values and material wealth.
  • C. Hieron I of Syracuse
    Hieron I of Syracuse was a powerful 5th-century BCE tyrant of Syracuse known for his military successes, political influence in Magna Graecia, and patronage of prominent poets such as Pindar and Aeschylus.
  • D. Antiochus of Syracuse
    Antiochus of Syracuse was an ancient Greek historian and geographer known for his early accounts of the western Greek colonies, particularly in Sicily and southern Italy.
  • E. Hieron II of Syracuse
    Hieron II of Syracuse was a 3rd-century BC king and military leader who stabilized and enriched Syracuse through shrewd alliances, notably with Rome, and extensive public works.
  • 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: Hierocles of Syracuse
Triple: [Hieron II of Syracuse, father, Hierocles of Syracuse]
Generated description
Hierocles of Syracuse was an ancient Syracusan figure known primarily as the son of King Hieron II, a prominent ruler of Hellenistic Syracuse.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hierocles of Syracuse
Target entity description: Hierocles of Syracuse was an ancient Syracusan figure known primarily as the son of King Hieron II, a prominent ruler of Hellenistic Syracuse.
  • A. Aristomache of Syracuse
    Aristomache of Syracuse was an ancient Greek noblewoman best known as one of the wives of the tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse and a member of his powerful Sicilian court.
  • B. Monimus of Syracuse
    Monimus of Syracuse was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for his radical advocacy of asceticism and the rejection of conventional values and material wealth.
  • C. Hieron I of Syracuse
    Hieron I of Syracuse was a powerful 5th-century BCE tyrant of Syracuse known for his military successes, political influence in Magna Graecia, and patronage of prominent poets such as Pindar and Aeschylus.
  • D. Antiochus of Syracuse
    Antiochus of Syracuse was an ancient Greek historian and geographer known for his early accounts of the western Greek colonies, particularly in Sicily and southern Italy.
  • E. Hieron II of Syracuse
    Hieron II of Syracuse was a 3rd-century BC king and military leader who stabilized and enriched Syracuse through shrewd alliances, notably with Rome, and extensive public works.
  • 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_69e0b51061388190aa03f19700d3ef04 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e7333d6dec8190bbc66a71b31ea559 completed April 21, 2026, 8:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a097ecd1d1c819081a3a301701a11ae completed May 17, 2026, 8:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09807278ac8190ae2835ce6d79a9cc completed May 17, 2026, 8:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09810158948190a9504d50c964efd9 completed May 17, 2026, 8:49 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 3:16 p.m.