Triple

T22353225
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stephanie Dalley E552586 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Mari and Karana: Two Old Babylonian Cities
"Mari and Karana: Two Old Babylonian Cities" is a scholarly work that examines the history, society, and culture of the ancient Mesopotamian cities Mari and Karana through cuneiform sources.
E1531983 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: Mari and Karana: Two Old Babylonian Cities | Statement: [Stephanie Dalley, notableWork, Mari and Karana: Two Old Babylonian Cities]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mari and Karana: Two Old Babylonian Cities
Context triple: [Stephanie Dalley, notableWork, Mari and Karana: Two Old Babylonian Cities]
  • A. Anaphora of Addai and Mari
    The Anaphora of Addai and Mari is one of the oldest Eucharistic prayers in continuous use in Eastern Christianity, particularly within the East Syriac liturgical tradition.
  • B. Babylonian priestly elites
    The Babylonian priestly elites were the powerful religious and scholarly class in ancient Babylon who oversaw temple cults, astronomical and astrological knowledge, and often influenced political affairs.
  • C. Mesopotamian omen texts
    Mesopotamian omen texts are ancient divinatory writings from Mesopotamia that interpret signs and phenomena as messages from the gods, used to predict future events and guide decision-making.
  • D. Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia
    The Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia was the senior British administrative official responsible for governing and overseeing policy in Mesopotamia during the early period of British control after World War I.
  • E. E-shumesha in Nippur
    E-shumesha in Nippur was an ancient Mesopotamian temple complex dedicated to the god Ninurta in the city of Nippur.
  • 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: Mari and Karana: Two Old Babylonian Cities
Triple: [Stephanie Dalley, notableWork, Mari and Karana: Two Old Babylonian Cities]
Generated description
"Mari and Karana: Two Old Babylonian Cities" is a scholarly work that examines the history, society, and culture of the ancient Mesopotamian cities Mari and Karana through cuneiform sources.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mari and Karana: Two Old Babylonian Cities
Target entity description: "Mari and Karana: Two Old Babylonian Cities" is a scholarly work that examines the history, society, and culture of the ancient Mesopotamian cities Mari and Karana through cuneiform sources.
  • A. Anaphora of Addai and Mari
    The Anaphora of Addai and Mari is one of the oldest Eucharistic prayers in continuous use in Eastern Christianity, particularly within the East Syriac liturgical tradition.
  • B. Babylonian priestly elites
    The Babylonian priestly elites were the powerful religious and scholarly class in ancient Babylon who oversaw temple cults, astronomical and astrological knowledge, and often influenced political affairs.
  • C. Mesopotamian omen texts
    Mesopotamian omen texts are ancient divinatory writings from Mesopotamia that interpret signs and phenomena as messages from the gods, used to predict future events and guide decision-making.
  • D. Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia
    The Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia was the senior British administrative official responsible for governing and overseeing policy in Mesopotamia during the early period of British control after World War I.
  • E. E-shumesha in Nippur
    E-shumesha in Nippur was an ancient Mesopotamian temple complex dedicated to the god Ninurta in the city of Nippur.
  • 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_69e11e4a0ad08190a385b4d343cf6524 completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f157cd934c8190b9d60805e24ae6a6 completed April 29, 2026, 12:58 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0ae05c2bd4819086f51f6cb64f59c4 completed May 18, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ae1285bc88190a0d4eb0672f562ff completed May 18, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ae1913ccc8190b6ad98b8df636153 completed May 18, 2026, 9:53 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:44 p.m.