Triple
T5251721
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | East Indies |
E118602
|
entity |
| Predicate | seaRouteFocus |
P27556
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Cape Route around Africa |
E459284
|
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: Cape Route around Africa | Statement: [East Indies, seaRouteFocus, Cape Route around Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cape Route around Africa Context triple: [East Indies, seaRouteFocus, Cape Route around Africa]
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A.
Cape Route
chosen
The Cape Route was the historic sea passage around the Cape of Good Hope that connected Europe to Asia and served as a crucial artery for British trade and imperial communication with India before the Suez Canal.
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B.
Cape Horn sea route
The Cape Horn sea route was the long, perilous maritime passage around the southern tip of South America that ships commonly used to reach California during the Gold Rush era.
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C.
Cape of Good Hope
The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa, historically significant as a key landmark on the sea route around the southern tip of Africa.
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D.
Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route
The Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route is a major global maritime corridor linking Europe, Asia, and East Africa via the Suez Canal and adjacent seas, carrying a significant share of the world’s container and energy trade.
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E.
Cape Horn rounding
Cape Horn rounding is a dramatic nautical event in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey–Maturin novels, depicting the perilous passage of ships around the storm-torn southern tip of South America.
- 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: seaRouteFocus Context triple: [East Indies, seaRouteFocus, Cape Route around Africa]
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A.
seaRouteOpened
Indicates that a maritime route between locations has been established and made available for use.
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B.
hasSeaRouteConnection
chosen
Indicates that there exists a navigable maritime route linking two locations or entities.
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C.
maritimeGatewayFor
Indicates a relationship where one location serves as the primary seaport or ocean-access point enabling maritime connectivity and trade for another location.
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D.
includesTradeRoute
Indicates that one entity contains, encompasses, or makes use of a particular trade route within its scope or structure.
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E.
sailingRoute
Indicates a path or course taken by a vessel when traveling by water from one location to another.
- 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_69bd446978108190bb5f9c5c23d93f88 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd7b7b840881908bb1ecb8a0047382 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69befe7005308190a659efbd779c314b |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:24 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69bd77c30bac8190a883ca45da35d667 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:50 p.m.