Triple

T1358111
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Manila–Acapulco route E29036 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Nao de China route
The Nao de China route was the trans-Pacific maritime trade route used by Spanish galleons between Manila in the Philippines and Acapulco in Mexico from the 16th to 19th centuries, facilitating extensive exchange of goods, culture, and silver between Asia and the Americas.
E155646 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: Nao de China route | Statement: [Manila–Acapulco route, alsoKnownAs, Nao de China route]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nao de China route
Context triple: [Manila–Acapulco route, alsoKnownAs, Nao de China route]
  • A. Yanfang Line
    Yanfang Line is a suburban rapid transit line of the Beijing Subway serving the southwestern outskirts of the city.
  • B. Tea Horse Road
    The Tea Horse Road was an ancient network of trade routes in Southwest China used primarily to transport tea to Tibet and beyond in exchange for horses, linking Chinese, Tibetan, and Southeast Asian cultures.
  • C. Silk Road routes
    Silk Road routes were ancient trade networks connecting East Asia with the Mediterranean and other regions, facilitating the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas across Eurasia.
  • D. China National Highway 106
    China National Highway 106 is a major north–south trunk road in China that connects Beijing with Guangzhou, passing through several key provinces and cities along its route.
  • E. Ngo
    Ngo is a Vietnamese surname most prominently associated with figures such as former South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem.
  • 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: Nao de China route
Triple: [Manila–Acapulco route, alsoKnownAs, Nao de China route]
Generated description
The Nao de China route was the trans-Pacific maritime trade route used by Spanish galleons between Manila in the Philippines and Acapulco in Mexico from the 16th to 19th centuries, facilitating extensive exchange of goods, culture, and silver between Asia and the Americas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nao de China route
Target entity description: The Nao de China route was the trans-Pacific maritime trade route used by Spanish galleons between Manila in the Philippines and Acapulco in Mexico from the 16th to 19th centuries, facilitating extensive exchange of goods, culture, and silver between Asia and the Americas.
  • A. Yanfang Line
    Yanfang Line is a suburban rapid transit line of the Beijing Subway serving the southwestern outskirts of the city.
  • B. Tea Horse Road
    The Tea Horse Road was an ancient network of trade routes in Southwest China used primarily to transport tea to Tibet and beyond in exchange for horses, linking Chinese, Tibetan, and Southeast Asian cultures.
  • C. Silk Road routes
    Silk Road routes were ancient trade networks connecting East Asia with the Mediterranean and other regions, facilitating the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas across Eurasia.
  • D. China National Highway 106
    China National Highway 106 is a major north–south trunk road in China that connects Beijing with Guangzhou, passing through several key provinces and cities along its route.
  • E. Ngo
    Ngo is a Vietnamese surname most prominently associated with figures such as former South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem.
  • 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_69a498d77abc8190913bf57e5f51d2c4 completed March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c28f5b988190b0be4504eabb919d completed March 1, 2026, 10:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acce701a84819094815ab6e8383b76 completed March 8, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69accf141c3481909ae5ea849aee7604 completed March 8, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69accfba7fb88190801803f2ee67afe8 completed March 8, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:56 p.m.