Triple

T11129730
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Neapolis E263244 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Via Egnatia trade network
The Via Egnatia trade network was an important ancient overland and maritime commercial corridor across the Balkans that linked key ports like Neapolis with inland cities and facilitated trade between the eastern and western regions of the Roman world.
E907377 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: Via Egnatia trade network | Statement: [Neapolis, partOf, Via Egnatia trade network]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Via Egnatia trade network
Context triple: [Neapolis, partOf, Via Egnatia trade network]
  • A. Mediterranean trade routes
    Mediterranean trade routes were a network of maritime and coastal pathways that connected Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, facilitating extensive commercial, cultural, and disease transmission across the Mediterranean Sea.
  • B. gens Egnatia
    Gens Egnatia was a minor Roman family (gens) known from the late Republic and early Empire, with several members appearing in historical and epigraphic records.
  • C. The Royal Road
    The Royal Road is a historic route name traditionally used for important long-distance roads that connected major cities or regions under royal or imperial authority.
  • D. Black Sea trade network
    The Black Sea trade network was a vital medieval maritime and overland commercial system linking Europe, the Near East, and Central Asia through ports and routes around the Black Sea.
  • E. Athens–Corinth highway
    The Athens–Corinth highway is a major Greek motorway connecting the capital Athens with the city of Corinth and serving as a key route to the Peloponnese.
  • 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: Via Egnatia trade network
Triple: [Neapolis, partOf, Via Egnatia trade network]
Generated description
The Via Egnatia trade network was an important ancient overland and maritime commercial corridor across the Balkans that linked key ports like Neapolis with inland cities and facilitated trade between the eastern and western regions of the Roman world.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Via Egnatia trade network
Target entity description: The Via Egnatia trade network was an important ancient overland and maritime commercial corridor across the Balkans that linked key ports like Neapolis with inland cities and facilitated trade between the eastern and western regions of the Roman world.
  • A. Mediterranean trade routes
    Mediterranean trade routes were a network of maritime and coastal pathways that connected Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, facilitating extensive commercial, cultural, and disease transmission across the Mediterranean Sea.
  • B. gens Egnatia
    Gens Egnatia was a minor Roman family (gens) known from the late Republic and early Empire, with several members appearing in historical and epigraphic records.
  • C. The Royal Road
    The Royal Road is a historic route name traditionally used for important long-distance roads that connected major cities or regions under royal or imperial authority.
  • D. Black Sea trade network
    The Black Sea trade network was a vital medieval maritime and overland commercial system linking Europe, the Near East, and Central Asia through ports and routes around the Black Sea.
  • E. Athens–Corinth highway
    The Athens–Corinth highway is a major Greek motorway connecting the capital Athens with the city of Corinth and serving as a key route to the Peloponnese.
  • 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_69d6aa9c0ba08190bbd19c217489b755 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e831f4808190afabdaa0e97bbe32 completed April 9, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e441dcb4608190a4cfa46c194d11ae completed April 19, 2026, 2:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e44c0606408190819b9d3fd58f818f completed April 19, 2026, 3:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e451274ce48190a05f1d37f972c36c completed April 19, 2026, 3:51 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:28 p.m.