Triple
T14927282
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Portuguese expansion in the Indian Ocean |
E372165
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasLocation |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | East African coast |
E117874
|
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: East African coast | Statement: [Portuguese expansion in the Indian Ocean, hasLocation, East African coast]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: East African coast Context triple: [Portuguese expansion in the Indian Ocean, hasLocation, East African coast]
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A.
Swahili Coast
chosen
The Swahili Coast is a historic coastal region along the Indian Ocean in East Africa known for its Swahili culture, maritime trade, and blend of African, Arab, and Persian influences.
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B.
Somali coast
The Somali coast is a long, strategically important shoreline in the Horn of Africa known for its rich fishing grounds, historic trade routes, and proximity to key maritime chokepoints.
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C.
Benadir coast
The Benadir coast is a historic coastal region of southern Somalia centered around Mogadishu, known for its long-standing role as a hub of Indian Ocean trade and its distinctive Benadiri culture.
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D.
Polewali coast
Polewali coast is a coastal area in Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province known for its beaches, fishing communities, and seaside tourism within Polewali Mandar Regency.
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E.
Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa is a peninsula in Northeast Africa that juts into the Arabian Sea and is known for countries such as Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti, serving as a strategic and cultural crossroads between Africa and the Arab world.
- 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_69d85cc9da0c81908d583ca3f63a3908 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded633da0c8190b39f606212e48e71 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:05 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe72c4f9c481909642efccb29f71d4 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:33 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:35 a.m.