Triple

T5221288
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Swahili Coast E117874 entity
Predicate majorCity P316 FINISHED
Object Sofala
Sofala is a historic coastal city in present-day Mozambique that served as a key Swahili and Indian Ocean trading port, especially for gold, from the medieval period onward.
 E504150 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: Sofala | Statement: [Swahili Coast, majorCity, Sofala]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sofala
Context triple: [Swahili Coast, majorCity, Sofala]
  • A. Negombo
    Negombo is a coastal city in western Sri Lanka known historically as a strategic colonial port and today for its fishing industry and beach tourism.
  • B. Vilankulo
    Vilankulo is a coastal town in southern Mozambique known as the main gateway to the nearby Bazaruto Archipelago and its popular beach and marine tourism.
  • C. Anjara
    Anjara is a town in northern Jordan situated within the hilly, forested region of Ajloun, known for its Christian pilgrimage sites and scenic landscapes.
  • D. Kidal
    Kidal is a remote desert town in northeastern Mali that serves as a key cultural and political center for Tuareg communities in the Adagh region.
  • E. Buhera
    Buhera is a rural town and district center in eastern Zimbabwe known for its agricultural activities and location within Manicaland Province.
  • 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: Sofala
Triple: [Swahili Coast, majorCity, Sofala]
Generated description
Sofala is a historic coastal city in present-day Mozambique that served as a key Swahili and Indian Ocean trading port, especially for gold, from the medieval period onward.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sofala
Target entity description: Sofala is a historic coastal city in present-day Mozambique that served as a key Swahili and Indian Ocean trading port, especially for gold, from the medieval period onward.
  • A. Negombo
    Negombo is a coastal city in western Sri Lanka known historically as a strategic colonial port and today for its fishing industry and beach tourism.
  • B. Vilankulo
    Vilankulo is a coastal town in southern Mozambique known as the main gateway to the nearby Bazaruto Archipelago and its popular beach and marine tourism.
  • C. Anjara
    Anjara is a town in northern Jordan situated within the hilly, forested region of Ajloun, known for its Christian pilgrimage sites and scenic landscapes.
  • D. Kidal
    Kidal is a remote desert town in northeastern Mali that serves as a key cultural and political center for Tuareg communities in the Adagh region.
  • E. Buhera
    Buhera is a rural town and district center in eastern Zimbabwe known for its agricultural activities and location within Manicaland Province.
  • 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_69bd4465e03081909bfcfd7113062590 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7aba05b48190b6a7fc52ab3532f0 completed March 20, 2026, 4:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beeff49d708190a042dfab473a9646 completed March 21, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bef309c230819094ed6ae3fefe6e5b completed March 21, 2026, 7:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bef36c88f4819082931dbe1bb13f89 completed March 21, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:48 p.m.