Triple

T3533818
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nagapattinam E74721 entity
Predicate historicTrade P17225 FINISHED
Object Indian Ocean trade E12764 NE FINISHED

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: Indian Ocean trade | Statement: [Nagapattinam, historicTrade, Indian Ocean trade]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Indian Ocean trade
Context triple: [Nagapattinam, historicTrade, Indian Ocean trade]
  • A. Indian Ocean trade network chosen
    The Indian Ocean trade network was a vast, centuries-long maritime system connecting East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia through the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas driven by monsoon winds.
  • B. Atlantic trade routes
    Atlantic trade routes are major maritime shipping corridors across the Atlantic Ocean that connect ports in North America, Europe, Africa, and beyond for international trade and transport.
  • C. Hiri trade voyages
    Hiri trade voyages were traditional long-distance canoe expeditions by Motu people of Papua New Guinea, undertaken to exchange clay pots and other goods with Gulf communities across the Gulf of Papua.
  • D. Mediterranean trade routes
    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.
  • E. South Atlantic trade routes
    South Atlantic trade routes are key maritime corridors connecting South America, Africa, and Europe, vital for the movement of commercial shipping, resources, and naval operations across the South Atlantic Ocean.
  • 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: historicTrade
Context triple: [Nagapattinam, historicTrade, Indian Ocean trade]
  • A. historicTradeRole chosen
    Indicates that an entity historically functioned as a significant participant or hub in trade or commercial exchange.
  • B. historicalPeriodOfIntenseTrade
    Indicates a time span characterized by unusually high levels of trade activity between parties or regions.
  • C. historicActivity
    Indicates that an entity engaged in an activity or event of historical significance in the past.
  • D. historicallyStoredGoods
    Indicates that an entity has previously stored certain goods at some time in the past.
  • E. capitalHistoric
    Indicates that a location has served as a capital city at some point in history, even if it is not the current capital.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69ad85d1a3948190931fd1ea1f49717b completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbc9b945481909867d44b810e8b1f completed March 8, 2026, 6:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b37e9c408481909a808d400f545ff8 completed March 13, 2026, 3:03 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69adae13ab808190a5d6ecdc7543445e completed March 8, 2026, 5:12 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:19 p.m.