Triple

T23475952
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Operation Excess E570263 entity
Predicate location P40 FINISHED
Object North African sea routes — NE NERFINISHED

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: North African sea routes | Statement: [Operation Excess, location, North African sea routes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: North African sea routes
Context triple: [Operation Excess, location, North African sea routes]
  • A. Mediterranean trade routes chosen
    Mediterranean trade routes were a network of maritime and coastal pathways that connected Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, facilitating extensive commercial, cultural, and disease transmission across the Mediterranean Sea.
  • B. Atlantic–Mediterranean shipping routes
    Atlantic–Mediterranean shipping routes are major maritime corridors that connect the Atlantic Ocean with the Mediterranean Sea, facilitating extensive international trade and vessel traffic through strategic chokepoints like the Strait of Gibraltar.
  • C. Red Sea trade network
    The Red Sea trade network was an ancient maritime and overland commercial system linking South Arabia, East Africa, Egypt, and the Mediterranean, facilitating the exchange of incense, spices, textiles, and other luxury goods.
  • D. Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route
    The Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route is a major global maritime corridor linking Europe, Asia, and East Africa via the Suez Canal and adjacent seas, carrying a significant share of the world’s container and energy trade.
  • E. Trans-Saharan trade routes
    The Trans-Saharan trade routes were a network of caravan paths across the Sahara Desert that linked West and North Africa, facilitating the exchange of gold, salt, slaves, and other goods and fostering the rise of powerful African empires.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (2 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_69e245af8a88819084f2704f6d265a92 completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1a74cf57081909d2b90a806d68c08 completed April 29, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 6:01 p.m.