Triple

T3490173
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zanzibar E73708 entity
Predicate colonialPower P160 FINISHED
Object Omani Empire
The Omani Empire was a maritime sultanate centered in Oman that became a major Indian Ocean trading power, ruling territories along the East African coast, including Zanzibar, and parts of the Persian Gulf.
E362977 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: Omani Empire | Statement: [Zanzibar, colonialPower, Omani Empire]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Omani Empire
Context triple: [Zanzibar, colonialPower, Omani Empire]
  • A. Lahej Sultanate
    The Lahej Sultanate was a traditional Arab monarchy in southern Yemen that became a key constituent state within the British-influenced protectorate system and later the Federation of South Arabia.
  • B. Fadhli Sultanate
    The Fadhli Sultanate was a traditional Arab sultanate in the Aden Protectorate region of southern Arabia, later incorporated into the Federation of South Arabia before becoming part of modern Yemen.
  • C. Bornu Empire
    The Bornu Empire was a powerful West African state that succeeded the Kanem Empire and dominated the Lake Chad region for centuries through trans-Saharan trade, Islamic scholarship, and military strength.
  • D. Moghulistan
    Moghulistan was a medieval Central Asian khanate that emerged from the eastern territories of the Chagatai Khanate, inhabited largely by Turkic and Mongol tribes and centered in the region of modern-day Xinjiang and parts of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
  • E. Upper Aulaqi Sultanate
    The Upper Aulaqi Sultanate was a traditional Arab sultanate in what is now southern Yemen, later incorporated into the British-sponsored Federation of South Arabia before becoming part of the modern Yemeni state.
  • 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: Omani Empire
Triple: [Zanzibar, colonialPower, Omani Empire]
Generated description
The Omani Empire was a maritime sultanate centered in Oman that became a major Indian Ocean trading power, ruling territories along the East African coast, including Zanzibar, and parts of the Persian Gulf.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Omani Empire
Target entity description: The Omani Empire was a maritime sultanate centered in Oman that became a major Indian Ocean trading power, ruling territories along the East African coast, including Zanzibar, and parts of the Persian Gulf.
  • A. Lahej Sultanate
    The Lahej Sultanate was a traditional Arab monarchy in southern Yemen that became a key constituent state within the British-influenced protectorate system and later the Federation of South Arabia.
  • B. Fadhli Sultanate
    The Fadhli Sultanate was a traditional Arab sultanate in the Aden Protectorate region of southern Arabia, later incorporated into the Federation of South Arabia before becoming part of modern Yemen.
  • C. Bornu Empire
    The Bornu Empire was a powerful West African state that succeeded the Kanem Empire and dominated the Lake Chad region for centuries through trans-Saharan trade, Islamic scholarship, and military strength.
  • D. Moghulistan
    Moghulistan was a medieval Central Asian khanate that emerged from the eastern territories of the Chagatai Khanate, inhabited largely by Turkic and Mongol tribes and centered in the region of modern-day Xinjiang and parts of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
  • E. Upper Aulaqi Sultanate
    The Upper Aulaqi Sultanate was a traditional Arab sultanate in what is now southern Yemen, later incorporated into the British-sponsored Federation of South Arabia before becoming part of the modern Yemeni state.
  • 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_69ad85cca8d4819088494e9f3340fab5 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbb94190c8190a81eb41042e51a00 completed March 8, 2026, 6:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b373bb0e00819087899a394f50295d completed March 13, 2026, 2:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b374bb36548190acd369ccef084907 completed March 13, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b3755597d8819081375fab35b75369 completed March 13, 2026, 2:24 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.