Triple
T2893013
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gandhara civilization |
E63870
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Silk Road cultural sphere
The Silk Road cultural sphere was a vast transcontinental network of regions and societies linked by trade routes across Eurasia, where diverse civilizations exchanged goods, religions, technologies, and artistic traditions over many centuries.
|
E307614
|
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: Silk Road cultural sphere | Statement: [Gandhara civilization, partOf, Silk Road cultural sphere]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silk Road cultural sphere Context triple: [Gandhara civilization, partOf, Silk Road cultural sphere]
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A.
Transoxiana
Transoxiana is a historic region of Central Asia, centered between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, that served as a major cultural and commercial crossroads along the Silk Road.
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B.
Turkic world
The Turkic world is a cultural and linguistic sphere encompassing the diverse peoples and countries united by Turkic languages, heritage, and historical ties across Eurasia.
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C.
Innermost Asia
Innermost Asia is a major archaeological and geographical study by Aurel Stein that documents his explorations and discoveries in the Central Asian regions along the Silk Road.
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D.
Sinosphere
Sinosphere is the cultural sphere in East and Southeast Asia historically shaped by Chinese language, Confucian philosophy, and related political and social institutions.
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E.
Desht-i Kipchak
Desht-i Kipchak was the vast Eurasian steppe region historically inhabited and dominated by the Kipchak Turkic nomadic tribes.
- 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: Silk Road cultural sphere Triple: [Gandhara civilization, partOf, Silk Road cultural sphere]
Generated description
The Silk Road cultural sphere was a vast transcontinental network of regions and societies linked by trade routes across Eurasia, where diverse civilizations exchanged goods, religions, technologies, and artistic traditions over many centuries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silk Road cultural sphere Target entity description: The Silk Road cultural sphere was a vast transcontinental network of regions and societies linked by trade routes across Eurasia, where diverse civilizations exchanged goods, religions, technologies, and artistic traditions over many centuries.
-
A.
Transoxiana
Transoxiana is a historic region of Central Asia, centered between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, that served as a major cultural and commercial crossroads along the Silk Road.
-
B.
Turkic world
The Turkic world is a cultural and linguistic sphere encompassing the diverse peoples and countries united by Turkic languages, heritage, and historical ties across Eurasia.
-
C.
Innermost Asia
Innermost Asia is a major archaeological and geographical study by Aurel Stein that documents his explorations and discoveries in the Central Asian regions along the Silk Road.
-
D.
Sinosphere
Sinosphere is the cultural sphere in East and Southeast Asia historically shaped by Chinese language, Confucian philosophy, and related political and social institutions.
-
E.
Desht-i Kipchak
Desht-i Kipchak was the vast Eurasian steppe region historically inhabited and dominated by the Kipchak Turkic nomadic tribes.
- 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_69ab4c45822c8190830c5f2bb97bcfd0 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abe062234c81909411e34db7d2683d |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:22 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b0317e15248190bade0f0fd930581a |
completed | March 10, 2026, 2:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b034b304f8819096eda16e314912b4 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 3:11 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b03c60a5988190b015a1cf05068845 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 3:44 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:07 p.m.