Triple
T10876792
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cristóvão da Gama |
E256818
|
entity |
| Predicate | commanded |
P2333
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Portuguese forces in Ethiopia
Portuguese forces in Ethiopia were a 16th-century military expedition sent by the Portuguese Empire to support the Christian Ethiopian kingdom against Muslim adversaries in the Horn of Africa.
|
E890243
|
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: Portuguese forces in Ethiopia | Statement: [Cristóvão da Gama, commanded, Portuguese forces in Ethiopia]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portuguese forces in Ethiopia Context triple: [Cristóvão da Gama, commanded, Portuguese forces in Ethiopia]
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A.
Portugal campaign of the Seven Years' War
The Portugal campaign of the Seven Years' War was a 1762 military conflict in which Britain and Portugal successfully defended Portuguese territory against a Spanish-French invasion as part of the wider global Seven Years' War.
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B.
Angola–Benguela Front
The Angola–Benguela Front is a major oceanographic boundary off southwestern Africa where warm tropical waters meet cooler upwelling currents, creating a highly productive and dynamic marine ecosystem.
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C.
Luso-Brazilian War
The Luso-Brazilian War was a 19th-century military conflict between Portugal and Brazil that helped determine Brazil’s path from colony to independent empire.
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D.
Italian occupation of Massawa
The Italian occupation of Massawa was the 1885 seizure of the strategic Red Sea port city by the Kingdom of Italy, marking the beginning of Italy’s colonial expansion into Eritrea.
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E.
Luso-Brazilian forces
Luso-Brazilian forces were colonial-era military units composed of both Portuguese and Brazilian troops that fought to restore and maintain Portuguese control in Brazil, including in campaigns such as the reconquest of Recife.
- 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: Portuguese forces in Ethiopia Triple: [Cristóvão da Gama, commanded, Portuguese forces in Ethiopia]
Generated description
Portuguese forces in Ethiopia were a 16th-century military expedition sent by the Portuguese Empire to support the Christian Ethiopian kingdom against Muslim adversaries in the Horn of Africa.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portuguese forces in Ethiopia Target entity description: Portuguese forces in Ethiopia were a 16th-century military expedition sent by the Portuguese Empire to support the Christian Ethiopian kingdom against Muslim adversaries in the Horn of Africa.
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A.
Portugal campaign of the Seven Years' War
The Portugal campaign of the Seven Years' War was a 1762 military conflict in which Britain and Portugal successfully defended Portuguese territory against a Spanish-French invasion as part of the wider global Seven Years' War.
-
B.
Angola–Benguela Front
The Angola–Benguela Front is a major oceanographic boundary off southwestern Africa where warm tropical waters meet cooler upwelling currents, creating a highly productive and dynamic marine ecosystem.
-
C.
Luso-Brazilian War
The Luso-Brazilian War was a 19th-century military conflict between Portugal and Brazil that helped determine Brazil’s path from colony to independent empire.
-
D.
Italian occupation of Massawa
The Italian occupation of Massawa was the 1885 seizure of the strategic Red Sea port city by the Kingdom of Italy, marking the beginning of Italy’s colonial expansion into Eritrea.
-
E.
Luso-Brazilian forces
Luso-Brazilian forces were colonial-era military units composed of both Portuguese and Brazilian troops that fought to restore and maintain Portuguese control in Brazil, including in campaigns such as the reconquest of Recife.
- 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_69d6aa848804819081b2713ca0bedf06 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d751ad8cdc819093eafaf12fc23b15 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69dff7dfd5d88190a26f707754411906 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 8:41 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e0026fda3c8190b60174b252d57e12 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e00581fde08190b28b8dde4a21d59e |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:39 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:21 p.m.