Triple

T15251010
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Portuguese expansion into North Africa E364517 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Portuguese overseas expansion E917518 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: Portuguese overseas expansion | Statement: [Portuguese expansion into North Africa, partOf, Portuguese overseas expansion]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Portuguese overseas expansion
Context triple: [Portuguese expansion into North Africa, partOf, Portuguese overseas expansion]
  • A. Portuguese expansion in the Indian Ocean
    Portuguese expansion in the Indian Ocean was a 16th-century maritime and military campaign through which Portugal established a network of fortified trading posts and naval dominance over key spice and trade routes between Africa and Asia.
  • B. Portuguese discoveries chosen
    The Portuguese discoveries were a series of pioneering maritime explorations by Portugal during the 15th and 16th centuries that opened new sea routes, expanded global trade, and initiated European contact with Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
  • C. Portuguese India Armadas
    The Portuguese India Armadas were the annual fleets of ships dispatched by Portugal during the Age of Discovery to establish and maintain maritime trade routes and colonial presence in India and the broader Indian Ocean.
  • D. Portuguese expansion into North Africa
    Portuguese expansion into North Africa was a series of early 15th- and 16th-century military and maritime campaigns through which Portugal seized key coastal cities and fortresses across the Maghreb, laying foundations for its wider overseas empire.
  • E. Portuguese Empire
    The Portuguese Empire was a vast global maritime and colonial power, spanning territories in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas from the 15th to the 20th century.
  • 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_69d85a0dde7481908fc64d1e82d5d20d completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e007f728648190b2c86e4528542b65 completed April 15, 2026, 9:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fee5f390bc8190bc0180c118e1523c completed May 9, 2026, 7:44 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:13 a.m.