Triple

T103929
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) E2099 entity
Predicate majorPort P528 FINISHED
Object Jaffna
Jaffna is a historic city in northern Sri Lanka, known as a cultural and political center of Sri Lankan Tamils and for its strategic coastal location.
E13052 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: Jaffna | Statement: [Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon), majorPort, Jaffna]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jaffna
Context triple: [Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon), majorPort, Jaffna]
  • A. Trincomalee
    Trincomalee is a strategically important natural deep-water harbor and coastal city on the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka.
  • B. Colombo
    Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, historically significant as a key Indian Ocean trading hub.
  • C. 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.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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: Jaffna
Triple: [Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon), majorPort, Jaffna]
Generated description
Jaffna is a historic city in northern Sri Lanka, known as a cultural and political center of Sri Lankan Tamils and for its strategic coastal location.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jaffna
Target entity description: Jaffna is a historic city in northern Sri Lanka, known as a cultural and political center of Sri Lankan Tamils and for its strategic coastal location.
  • A. Trincomalee
    Trincomalee is a strategically important natural deep-water harbor and coastal city on the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka.
  • B. Colombo
    Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, historically significant as a key Indian Ocean trading hub.
  • C. 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.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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_69a2917a5a7081909f1c3ec53bc51dfb completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2940c5a448190a7f5f9a24cd13440 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a295d0d658819085a125015f087dfb completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:14 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m.