Triple
T21018302
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zarafshan River valley |
E517736
|
entity |
| Predicate | wasKeyCorridorOf |
P121975
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Silk Road |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Silk Road | Statement: [Zarafshan River valley, wasKeyCorridorOf, Silk Road]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silk Road Context triple: [Zarafshan River valley, wasKeyCorridorOf, Silk Road]
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A.
Silk Road routes
chosen
Silk Road routes were ancient trade networks connecting East Asia with the Mediterranean and other regions, facilitating the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas across Eurasia.
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B.
Grand Trunk Road
The Grand Trunk Road is one of South Asia’s oldest and longest major highways, historically linking key cities across present-day Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan as a vital trade and military route.
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C.
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.
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D.
Tea Horse Road
The Tea Horse Road was an ancient network of trade routes in Southwest China used primarily to transport tea to Tibet and beyond in exchange for horses, linking Chinese, Tibetan, and Southeast Asian cultures.
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E.
Great Central Road
Great Central Road is a remote outback highway in Western Australia and the Northern Territory that forms a key part of the route between Laverton and Uluru via the central desert.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: wasKeyCorridorOf Context triple: [Zarafshan River valley, wasKeyCorridorOf, Silk Road]
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A.
isStrategicCorridor
chosen
Indicates that a route, passage, or area serves as a critical pathway for movement, access, or control, giving it significant strategic importance.
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B.
hasCommercialCorridorAlong
Indicates that a place contains a continuous stretch of commercial activity or businesses situated along a specified linear feature, such as a street or route.
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C.
wasCrossroadsOf
Indicates that a place served as a central junction or meeting point where multiple routes, paths, or influences converged.
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D.
isPartOfCorridorSystem
Indicates that one entity forms a component or segment within a larger interconnected corridor system.
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E.
haveCrossBorderCorridor
Indicates that there exists a designated corridor or route enabling movement or interaction across a national or regional border between the related entities.
- F. None of above.
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_69e0b50262b081909bc488937145eb73 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6fc5a27f08190b26828a6a7b59f7c |
completed | April 21, 2026, 4:26 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e5dbf274ac81909bbf245627dc8fdc |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:55 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 1:54 p.m.