Triple

T16483081
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dougga UNESCO World Heritage Site E400369 entity
Predicate nearbyAncientRoad P115769 FINISHED
Object Carthage–Theveste route
The Carthage–Theveste route was an important ancient Roman road in North Africa that connected the major city of Carthage with the inland settlement of Theveste, facilitating trade, military movement, and regional integration.
E1217003 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Carthage–Theveste route | Statement: [Dougga UNESCO World Heritage Site, nearbyAncientRoad, Carthage–Theveste route]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carthage–Theveste route
Context triple: [Dougga UNESCO World Heritage Site, nearbyAncientRoad, Carthage–Theveste route]
  • A. The Royal Road
    The Royal Road is a historic route name traditionally used for important long-distance roads that connected major cities or regions under royal or imperial authority.
  • B. Via Egnatia trade network
    The Via Egnatia trade network was an important ancient overland and maritime commercial corridor across the Balkans that linked key ports like Neapolis with inland cities and facilitated trade between the eastern and western regions of the Roman world.
  • C. Via Turonensis
    Via Turonensis is one of the main French pilgrimage routes of the Camino de Santiago, traditionally starting in Paris and passing through Tours on its way to Spain.
  • D. Adigrat–Axum road corridor
    The Adigrat–Axum road corridor is a key transport route in northern Ethiopia that links the town of Adigrat with the historic city of Axum, facilitating regional trade and travel.
  • E. Damascus–Beirut route
    The Damascus–Beirut route is a major historical and modern roadway linking Syria’s capital to Lebanon’s capital, crossing the Bekaa Valley as a key regional trade and travel corridor.
  • 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: Carthage–Theveste route
Triple: [Dougga UNESCO World Heritage Site, nearbyAncientRoad, Carthage–Theveste route]
Generated description
The Carthage–Theveste route was an important ancient Roman road in North Africa that connected the major city of Carthage with the inland settlement of Theveste, facilitating trade, military movement, and regional integration.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carthage–Theveste route
Target entity description: The Carthage–Theveste route was an important ancient Roman road in North Africa that connected the major city of Carthage with the inland settlement of Theveste, facilitating trade, military movement, and regional integration.
  • A. The Royal Road
    The Royal Road is a historic route name traditionally used for important long-distance roads that connected major cities or regions under royal or imperial authority.
  • B. Via Egnatia trade network
    The Via Egnatia trade network was an important ancient overland and maritime commercial corridor across the Balkans that linked key ports like Neapolis with inland cities and facilitated trade between the eastern and western regions of the Roman world.
  • C. Via Turonensis
    Via Turonensis is one of the main French pilgrimage routes of the Camino de Santiago, traditionally starting in Paris and passing through Tours on its way to Spain.
  • D. Adigrat–Axum road corridor
    The Adigrat–Axum road corridor is a key transport route in northern Ethiopia that links the town of Adigrat with the historic city of Axum, facilitating regional trade and travel.
  • E. Damascus–Beirut route
    The Damascus–Beirut route is a major historical and modern roadway linking Syria’s capital to Lebanon’s capital, crossing the Bekaa Valley as a key regional trade and travel corridor.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: nearbyAncientRoad
Context triple: [Dougga UNESCO World Heritage Site, nearbyAncientRoad, Carthage–Theveste route]
  • A. nearHistoricalRoute chosen
    Indicates that one entity is located close to a historically significant route or pathway.
  • B. nearbyMajorRoad
    Indicates that one entity is located close to a significant or heavily used road.
  • C. nearbyRomanTown
    Indicates that one location is geographically close to a town that existed during the Roman period.
  • D. nearestRoadHead
    Indicates that one location is the closest accessible road endpoint (or road access point) to another location.
  • E. transportRouteInAntiquity
    Indicates that there existed a transportation route between entities during ancient or classical historical periods.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d883813098819084f5409539723b59 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e32e0420ac81908f9a3548ddb3b1ff completed April 18, 2026, 7:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a005820790c819088d953eeea09328d completed May 10, 2026, 10:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0059126e588190b531c145f3c155b4 completed May 10, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0059b5a1f8819089caefc121246739 completed May 10, 2026, 10:11 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e22706b0588190a48a951c5211a617 completed April 17, 2026, 12:26 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:13 a.m.