Triple

T10691352
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bertram Thomas E252015 entity
Predicate startTime P288 FINISHED
Object Rub' al Khali crossing 1930
Rub' al Khali crossing 1930 was the pioneering expedition in which Bertram Thomas became the first documented Westerner to traverse the Empty Quarter desert of the Arabian Peninsula.
E878396 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: Rub' al Khali crossing 1930 | Statement: [Bertram Thomas, startTime, Rub' al Khali crossing 1930]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rub' al Khali crossing 1930
Context triple: [Bertram Thomas, startTime, Rub' al Khali crossing 1930]
  • A. crossing of the Rub' al Khali
    The crossing of the Rub' al Khali refers to Wilfred Thesiger’s legendary mid-20th-century explorations across the vast Empty Quarter desert of the Arabian Peninsula, documented in his classic travel book "Arabian Sands."
  • B. Moreh–Tamu crossing
    The Moreh–Tamu crossing is a key land border checkpoint between India and Myanmar that serves as a major hub for bilateral trade and regional connectivity in Southeast Asia.
  • C. Cairo–Ismailia Desert Road
    The Cairo–Ismailia Desert Road is a major highway in Egypt that links Cairo with the city of Ismailia across the Eastern Desert, serving key industrial and satellite cities along its route.
  • D. Wadi Araba Crossing – Eilat and Aqaba
    Wadi Araba Crossing – Eilat and Aqaba is an international border crossing between Israel and Jordan linking the Israeli resort city of Eilat with the Jordanian port city of Aqaba.
  • E. Cairo–Asyut desert road
    The Cairo–Asyut desert road is a major highway in Egypt that runs through the Western Desert, linking the capital Cairo with the city of Asyut and serving several governorates along the Nile Valley.
  • 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: Rub' al Khali crossing 1930
Triple: [Bertram Thomas, startTime, Rub' al Khali crossing 1930]
Generated description
Rub' al Khali crossing 1930 was the pioneering expedition in which Bertram Thomas became the first documented Westerner to traverse the Empty Quarter desert of the Arabian Peninsula.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rub' al Khali crossing 1930
Target entity description: Rub' al Khali crossing 1930 was the pioneering expedition in which Bertram Thomas became the first documented Westerner to traverse the Empty Quarter desert of the Arabian Peninsula.
  • A. crossing of the Rub' al Khali
    The crossing of the Rub' al Khali refers to Wilfred Thesiger’s legendary mid-20th-century explorations across the vast Empty Quarter desert of the Arabian Peninsula, documented in his classic travel book "Arabian Sands."
  • B. Moreh–Tamu crossing
    The Moreh–Tamu crossing is a key land border checkpoint between India and Myanmar that serves as a major hub for bilateral trade and regional connectivity in Southeast Asia.
  • C. Cairo–Ismailia Desert Road
    The Cairo–Ismailia Desert Road is a major highway in Egypt that links Cairo with the city of Ismailia across the Eastern Desert, serving key industrial and satellite cities along its route.
  • D. Wadi Araba Crossing – Eilat and Aqaba
    Wadi Araba Crossing – Eilat and Aqaba is an international border crossing between Israel and Jordan linking the Israeli resort city of Eilat with the Jordanian port city of Aqaba.
  • E. Cairo–Asyut desert road
    The Cairo–Asyut desert road is a major highway in Egypt that runs through the Western Desert, linking the capital Cairo with the city of Asyut and serving several governorates along the Nile Valley.
  • 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_69d6aa5bd7c08190a816e733b4045c23 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6fd3705788190bcbdef93b4c5f574 completed April 9, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d988ad741c8190b9ae962e0c5bc272 completed April 10, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d98aecef388190a270e92c93ccca05 completed April 10, 2026, 11:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d98c04e8c08190b4d7bc63357c69f4 completed April 10, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:11 p.m.