Triple

T2518903
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sinhalese people E55475 entity
Predicate historicalCapital P2536 FINISHED
Object Polonnaruwa
Polonnaruwa is an ancient city in Sri Lanka renowned for its well-preserved medieval ruins and role as a major royal capital of the Sinhalese kingdom.
E277835 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Polonnaruwa | Statement: [Sinhalese people, historicalCapital, Polonnaruwa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Polonnaruwa
Context triple: [Sinhalese people, historicalCapital, Polonnaruwa]
  • A. Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka
    Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka is a southwestern administrative region known for its lush rainforests, gem mining (especially in Ratnapura), and rich cultural heritage.
  • B. Central Province of Sri Lanka
    The Central Province of Sri Lanka is a mountainous inland region known for its historic cities like Kandy, tea plantations, and cultural significance as a heartland of Sinhalese heritage.
  • C. Jaffna
    Jaffna is a historic city in northern Sri Lanka, known as a cultural and political center of Sri Lankan Tamils and for its strategic coastal location.
  • D. Southern Province, Sri Lanka
    Southern Province, Sri Lanka is a coastal administrative region in the south of Sri Lanka known for its historic cities, beaches, and cultural heritage.
  • E. Kandy
    Kandy is a historic city in central Sri Lanka renowned for its cultural heritage, including the Temple of the Tooth and its role as a former royal stronghold.
  • 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: Polonnaruwa
Triple: [Sinhalese people, historicalCapital, Polonnaruwa]
Generated description
Polonnaruwa is an ancient city in Sri Lanka renowned for its well-preserved medieval ruins and role as a major royal capital of the Sinhalese kingdom.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Polonnaruwa
Target entity description: Polonnaruwa is an ancient city in Sri Lanka renowned for its well-preserved medieval ruins and role as a major royal capital of the Sinhalese kingdom.
  • A. Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka
    Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka is a southwestern administrative region known for its lush rainforests, gem mining (especially in Ratnapura), and rich cultural heritage.
  • B. Central Province of Sri Lanka
    The Central Province of Sri Lanka is a mountainous inland region known for its historic cities like Kandy, tea plantations, and cultural significance as a heartland of Sinhalese heritage.
  • C. Jaffna
    Jaffna is a historic city in northern Sri Lanka, known as a cultural and political center of Sri Lankan Tamils and for its strategic coastal location.
  • D. Southern Province, Sri Lanka
    Southern Province, Sri Lanka is a coastal administrative region in the south of Sri Lanka known for its historic cities, beaches, and cultural heritage.
  • E. Kandy
    Kandy is a historic city in central Sri Lanka renowned for its cultural heritage, including the Temple of the Tooth and its role as a former royal stronghold.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69ab49e4749c8190813311efd1630f1b completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd232ae188190b7b70806b466ee99 completed March 7, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af5cec74ac819093529ce5843ca320 completed March 9, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af5dc7ef4c81908581716c07dcae47 completed March 9, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af5e6449e4819084313a5b44d46044 completed March 9, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:46 p.m.