Triple

T103928
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) E2099 entity
Predicate majorPort P528 FINISHED
Object Trincomalee
Trincomalee is a strategically important natural deep-water harbor and coastal city on the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka.
E12376 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: Trincomalee | Statement: [Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon), majorPort, Trincomalee]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trincomalee
Context triple: [Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon), majorPort, Trincomalee]
  • A. Galle
    Galle is a historic coastal city in southern Sri Lanka renowned for its well-preserved colonial-era fort and long-standing role as a key Indian Ocean trading hub.
  • B. Colombo
    Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, historically significant as a key Indian Ocean trading hub.
  • C. Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon)
    Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) was a former Dutch colonial territory on the island of Sri Lanka, controlled mainly for its strategic ports and lucrative cinnamon trade from the mid-17th to late 18th century.
  • D. Dominion of Ceylon
    The Dominion of Ceylon was a British Commonwealth realm in South Asia that existed from 1948 to 1972, when it became the fully independent republic of Sri Lanka.
  • E. Central Province
    Central Province is an administrative region of the Solomon Islands that encompasses parts of the country's central island groups, including the Florida Islands.
  • 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: Trincomalee
Triple: [Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon), majorPort, Trincomalee]
Generated description
Trincomalee is a strategically important natural deep-water harbor and coastal city on the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trincomalee
Target entity description: Trincomalee is a strategically important natural deep-water harbor and coastal city on the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka.
  • A. Galle
    Galle is a historic coastal city in southern Sri Lanka renowned for its well-preserved colonial-era fort and long-standing role as a key Indian Ocean trading hub.
  • B. Colombo
    Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, historically significant as a key Indian Ocean trading hub.
  • C. Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon)
    Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) was a former Dutch colonial territory on the island of Sri Lanka, controlled mainly for its strategic ports and lucrative cinnamon trade from the mid-17th to late 18th century.
  • D. Dominion of Ceylon
    The Dominion of Ceylon was a British Commonwealth realm in South Asia that existed from 1948 to 1972, when it became the fully independent republic of Sri Lanka.
  • E. Central Province
    Central Province is an administrative region of the Solomon Islands that encompasses parts of the country's central island groups, including the Florida Islands.
  • 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_69a24e0a5b7c81908d52da08c60dabc4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a256aaed108190ba12e36364d30ede completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a284fed06c81909df34f4227f26e7d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a288901eb48190a733530e6e416f7b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a28938f67c8190826c5cfeebd9e0f3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:20 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m.