Triple

T1729229
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dili, Timor-Leste E37570 entity
Predicate wasColonialCenterOf P14423 FINISHED
Object Portuguese Timor
Portuguese Timor was a former Portuguese colony in Southeast Asia that occupied the eastern half of Timor Island until it became the independent nation of East Timor (Timor-Leste).
E5492 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: Portuguese Timor | Statement: [Dili, Timor-Leste, wasColonialCenterOf, Portuguese Timor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portuguese Timor
Context triple: [Dili, Timor-Leste, wasColonialCenterOf, Portuguese Timor]
  • A. Timor
    Timor is a large island at the eastern end of the Lesser Sunda Islands in Southeast Asia, divided between the sovereign state of Timor-Leste in the east and Indonesian territory in the west.
  • B. Timor-Leste
    Timor-Leste is a Southeast Asian island nation on the eastern half of Timor known for its recent independence, Portuguese influence, and developing oil and gas economy.
  • C. Dili, Timor-Leste
    Dili, Timor-Leste is the coastal capital and largest city of Timor-Leste, serving as the country’s political, economic, and cultural center.
  • 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. Timor (western part)
    Timor (western part) is the Indonesian-controlled western half of the island of Timor, located in the eastern part of the Lesser Sunda Islands in Southeast Asia.
  • 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 Timor
Triple: [Dili, Timor-Leste, wasColonialCenterOf, Portuguese Timor]
Generated description
Portuguese Timor was a former Portuguese colony in Southeast Asia that occupied the eastern half of Timor Island until it became the independent nation of East Timor (Timor-Leste).
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portuguese Timor
Target entity description: Portuguese Timor was a former Portuguese colony in Southeast Asia that occupied the eastern half of Timor Island until it became the independent nation of East Timor (Timor-Leste).
  • A. Timor
    Timor is a large island at the eastern end of the Lesser Sunda Islands in Southeast Asia, divided between the sovereign state of Timor-Leste in the east and Indonesian territory in the west.
  • B. Timor-Leste chosen
    Timor-Leste is a Southeast Asian island nation on the eastern half of Timor known for its recent independence, Portuguese influence, and developing oil and gas economy.
  • C. Dili, Timor-Leste
    Dili, Timor-Leste is the coastal capital and largest city of Timor-Leste, serving as the country’s political, economic, and cultural center.
  • 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. Timor (western part)
    Timor (western part) is the Indonesian-controlled western half of the island of Timor, located in the eastern part of the Lesser Sunda Islands in Southeast Asia.
  • F. None of above.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: wasColonialCenterOf
Context triple: [Dili, Timor-Leste, wasColonialCenterOf, Portuguese Timor]
  • A. wasColonialCapitalOf chosen
    Indicates that a place served as the administrative capital of a specified colonial territory or power.
  • B. isColonialFoundationOf
    Indicates that one entity was established as a colony that later developed into or served as the origin of the other entity.
  • C. wasFirstPermanentEuropeanSettlementInAmericasFor
    Indicates that one entity served as the first permanent European settlement in the Americas for another specified entity (such as a country, region, or group).
  • D. wasFirstCapitalOf
    Indicates that one place previously served as the earliest or original capital city of another political or administrative entity.
  • E. wasDeFactoCapitalOf
    Indicates that a place functioned in practice as the capital of a political entity, even if it was not officially designated as such.
  • 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_69a8861acab88190bb43cde203429399 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ab5c553e508190b0f511b05e07fa20 completed March 6, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad8af6b034819087f6d168b9f5249a completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad979ce880819089daecbc8455ec84 completed March 8, 2026, 3:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad9ba92a848190918a8748fb65348a completed March 8, 2026, 3:54 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69aa61c25a648190892de94c997fb983 completed March 6, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.