Triple

T443681
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elmina Castle E10169 entity
Predicate builder P3143 FINISHED
Object Diogo de Azambuja
Diogo de Azambuja was a 15th-century Portuguese nobleman and explorer best known for leading the expedition that established Portugal’s first major fortified trading post in West Africa.
E58301 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: Diogo de Azambuja | Statement: [Elmina Castle, builder, Diogo de Azambuja]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Diogo de Azambuja
Context triple: [Elmina Castle, builder, Diogo de Azambuja]
  • A. Henry the Navigator
    Henry the Navigator was a 15th-century Portuguese prince who sponsored pioneering voyages along the West African coast, helping launch Europe’s Age of Exploration and the Portuguese maritime empire.
  • B. Pedro de Castro
    Pedro de Castro was a Spanish architect known for designing prominent public buildings in Puerto Rico, including the island’s Capitol.
  • C. Bartolomeu Dias
    Bartolomeu Dias was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator best known for being the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa, opening the sea route from Europe to Asia.
  • D. Henrique Lopes de Mendonça
    Henrique Lopes de Mendonça was a Portuguese playwright, poet, and naval officer best known for writing the lyrics to Portugal’s national anthem, “A Portuguesa.”
  • E. Pedro Nuno Santos
    Pedro Nuno Santos is a Portuguese politician who serves as a prominent figure in the Socialist Party and has held key government positions, including Minister of Infrastructure and Housing.
  • 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: Diogo de Azambuja
Triple: [Elmina Castle, builder, Diogo de Azambuja]
Generated description
Diogo de Azambuja was a 15th-century Portuguese nobleman and explorer best known for leading the expedition that established Portugal’s first major fortified trading post in West Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Diogo de Azambuja
Target entity description: Diogo de Azambuja was a 15th-century Portuguese nobleman and explorer best known for leading the expedition that established Portugal’s first major fortified trading post in West Africa.
  • A. Henry the Navigator
    Henry the Navigator was a 15th-century Portuguese prince who sponsored pioneering voyages along the West African coast, helping launch Europe’s Age of Exploration and the Portuguese maritime empire.
  • B. Pedro de Castro
    Pedro de Castro was a Spanish architect known for designing prominent public buildings in Puerto Rico, including the island’s Capitol.
  • C. Bartolomeu Dias
    Bartolomeu Dias was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator best known for being the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa, opening the sea route from Europe to Asia.
  • D. Henrique Lopes de Mendonça
    Henrique Lopes de Mendonça was a Portuguese playwright, poet, and naval officer best known for writing the lyrics to Portugal’s national anthem, “A Portuguesa.”
  • E. Pedro Nuno Santos
    Pedro Nuno Santos is a Portuguese politician who serves as a prominent figure in the Socialist Party and has held key government positions, including Minister of Infrastructure and Housing.
  • 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_69a2e8465ef481909655c681b01e2986 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ef43e8f88190a5d368add11a38c0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4529020888190952a8e8665f501c6 completed March 1, 2026, 2:52 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a455253cc0819084d9cf850917aa1d completed March 1, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4557af088819099e7f35f507f8a6c completed March 1, 2026, 3:04 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.