Triple

T11442478
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca E271178 entity
Predicate associatedWith P37 FINISHED
Object Straits of Malacca trading network
The Straits of Malacca trading network was a historically vital maritime corridor linking East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East, through which diverse cultures, religions, and goods were exchanged across port cities along the narrow waterway between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.
E12764 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: Straits of Malacca trading network | Statement: [Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca, associatedWith, Straits of Malacca trading network]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Straits of Malacca trading network
Context triple: [Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca, associatedWith, Straits of Malacca trading network]
  • A. Indian Ocean trade network
    The Indian Ocean trade network was a vast, centuries-long maritime system connecting East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia through the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas driven by monsoon winds.
  • B. East–West maritime trade routes
    East–West maritime trade routes are major historical and modern sea lanes that connect Asian, Middle Eastern, African, and European regions, enabling large-scale exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas across the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
  • C. Gulf maritime trade network
    The Gulf maritime trade network is a historical system of sea routes and commercial hubs across the Persian Gulf that facilitated regional and long-distance trade between Arabia, Persia, India, and beyond.
  • D. Samudera Pasai
    Samudera Pasai was an early Islamic sultanate on the northern coast of Sumatra that became a major regional center of trade and Islamic learning in Southeast Asia.
  • E. Sulawesi trade networks
    Sulawesi trade networks were extensive inter-island and regional commercial systems centered on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, linking local kingdoms and ports into wider Southeast Asian and global maritime trade.
  • 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: Straits of Malacca trading network
Triple: [Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca, associatedWith, Straits of Malacca trading network]
Generated description
The Straits of Malacca trading network was a historically vital maritime corridor linking East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East, through which diverse cultures, religions, and goods were exchanged across port cities along the narrow waterway between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Straits of Malacca trading network
Target entity description: The Straits of Malacca trading network was a historically vital maritime corridor linking East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East, through which diverse cultures, religions, and goods were exchanged across port cities along the narrow waterway between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.
  • A. Indian Ocean trade network chosen
    The Indian Ocean trade network was a vast, centuries-long maritime system connecting East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia through the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas driven by monsoon winds.
  • B. East–West maritime trade routes
    East–West maritime trade routes are major historical and modern sea lanes that connect Asian, Middle Eastern, African, and European regions, enabling large-scale exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas across the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
  • C. Gulf maritime trade network
    The Gulf maritime trade network is a historical system of sea routes and commercial hubs across the Persian Gulf that facilitated regional and long-distance trade between Arabia, Persia, India, and beyond.
  • D. Samudera Pasai
    Samudera Pasai was an early Islamic sultanate on the northern coast of Sumatra that became a major regional center of trade and Islamic learning in Southeast Asia.
  • E. Sulawesi trade networks
    Sulawesi trade networks were extensive inter-island and regional commercial systems centered on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, linking local kingdoms and ports into wider Southeast Asian and global maritime trade.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d6aadff8888190a13f253f0d460874 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d808891b7481908bf5a80cb7644061 completed April 9, 2026, 8:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5d3a2a68481909704ef9a7f780afc completed April 20, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e5d6a10c0c8190a96a4fc4ef330e8b completed April 20, 2026, 7:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5d7fd235081909870476cbc9817b2 completed April 20, 2026, 7:38 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.