Triple
T1394940
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Malacca Sultanate |
E30643
|
entity |
| Predicate | successorState |
P3025
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Portuguese Malacca
Portuguese Malacca was a 16th–17th century Portuguese colonial possession in Southeast Asia centered on the strategic port city of Malacca, which served as a key hub in European-Asian maritime trade.
|
E159530
|
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 Malacca | Statement: [Malacca Sultanate, successorState, Portuguese Malacca]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portuguese Malacca Context triple: [Malacca Sultanate, successorState, Portuguese Malacca]
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A.
Malacca
Malacca is a historic Malaysian state on the southwest coast of the Malay Peninsula, renowned for its rich multicultural heritage and its former role as a major trading port.
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B.
Malacca Sultanate
The Malacca Sultanate was a powerful 15th–16th century Malay maritime empire centered in the port city of Malacca, which became a major hub of regional trade and the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia.
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C.
Portuguese India
Portuguese India was a collection of colonial enclaves on the Indian subcontinent that served for centuries as the main base of Portugal’s maritime trade and imperial presence in Asia.
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D.
Portuguese Ceylon
Portuguese Ceylon was the period of Portuguese colonial rule over parts of the island of Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka) from the early 16th to mid-17th century, marked by control of coastal regions and the spice trade.
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E.
Portuguese conquest of Malacca
The Portuguese conquest of Malacca was a 1511 military campaign led by Afonso de Albuquerque in which Portugal captured the strategic Southeast Asian port city of Malacca, establishing a key base for its maritime empire and control of regional spice trade routes.
- 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 Malacca Triple: [Malacca Sultanate, successorState, Portuguese Malacca]
Generated description
Portuguese Malacca was a 16th–17th century Portuguese colonial possession in Southeast Asia centered on the strategic port city of Malacca, which served as a key hub in European-Asian maritime trade.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portuguese Malacca Target entity description: Portuguese Malacca was a 16th–17th century Portuguese colonial possession in Southeast Asia centered on the strategic port city of Malacca, which served as a key hub in European-Asian maritime trade.
-
A.
Malacca
Malacca is a historic Malaysian state on the southwest coast of the Malay Peninsula, renowned for its rich multicultural heritage and its former role as a major trading port.
-
B.
Malacca Sultanate
The Malacca Sultanate was a powerful 15th–16th century Malay maritime empire centered in the port city of Malacca, which became a major hub of regional trade and the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia.
-
C.
Portuguese India
Portuguese India was a collection of colonial enclaves on the Indian subcontinent that served for centuries as the main base of Portugal’s maritime trade and imperial presence in Asia.
-
D.
Portuguese Ceylon
Portuguese Ceylon was the period of Portuguese colonial rule over parts of the island of Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka) from the early 16th to mid-17th century, marked by control of coastal regions and the spice trade.
-
E.
Portuguese conquest of Malacca
chosen
The Portuguese conquest of Malacca was a 1511 military campaign led by Afonso de Albuquerque in which Portugal captured the strategic Southeast Asian port city of Malacca, establishing a key base for its maritime empire and control of regional spice trade routes.
- 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_69a498fd4e408190bd73eca30ea9754c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c37e60388190a8efcb345be7a1b9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad0156109081908f163af94e4e7978 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad01b7d4348190b08a366a08d445dc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad024e077c8190b0ef48ac7042ac5b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.