Triple

T13123227
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Atlantic trade routes E311776 entity
Predicate includesCorridor P5520 FINISHED
Object West Africa–Europe route E350352 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: West Africa–Europe route | Statement: [Atlantic trade routes, includesCorridor, West Africa–Europe route]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Africa–Europe route
Context triple: [Atlantic trade routes, includesCorridor, West Africa–Europe route]
  • A. Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route
    The Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route is a major global maritime corridor linking Europe, Asia, and East Africa via the Suez Canal and adjacent seas, carrying a significant share of the world’s container and energy trade.
  • B. Atlantic–Mediterranean corridor
    The Atlantic–Mediterranean corridor is a major trans-European transport route linking Spain’s Atlantic coast with the Mediterranean region to facilitate freight and passenger movement.
  • C. Trans-Saharan belt
    The Trans-Saharan belt is a major Neoproterozoic orogenic zone in North and West Africa, formed during the Pan-African orogeny and characterized by extensive metamorphic and igneous rock assemblages.
  • D. Europe–Africa transport network chosen
    The Europe–Africa transport network is a system of interconnected ports, shipping routes, and logistics corridors that facilitate trade and passenger movement between the European and African continents.
  • E. Trans-Saharan trade routes
    The Trans-Saharan trade routes were a network of caravan paths across the Sahara Desert that linked West and North Africa, facilitating the exchange of gold, salt, slaves, and other goods and fostering the rise of powerful African empires.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69d806a9fe888190b081e2d9ea665d6c completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d98bce3678819082a7aa1d83f20592 completed April 10, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6e289462c8190b1625a26f019d744 completed May 3, 2026, 5:52 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:07 p.m.