Triple

T5385385
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Balkh E120189 entity
Predicate majorTradeCenterIn P164 FINISHED
Object Silk Road E14028 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: Silk Road | Statement: [Balkh, majorTradeCenterIn, Silk Road]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silk Road
Context triple: [Balkh, majorTradeCenterIn, Silk Road]
  • A. Silk Road routes chosen
    Silk Road routes were ancient trade networks connecting East Asia with the Mediterranean and other regions, facilitating the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas across Eurasia.
  • B. Grand Trunk Road
    The Grand Trunk Road is one of South Asia’s oldest and longest major highways, historically linking key cities across present-day Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan as a vital trade and military route.
  • C. The Royal Road
    The Royal Road is a historic route name traditionally used for important long-distance roads that connected major cities or regions under royal or imperial authority.
  • D. Tea Horse Road
    The Tea Horse Road was an ancient network of trade routes in Southwest China used primarily to transport tea to Tibet and beyond in exchange for horses, linking Chinese, Tibetan, and Southeast Asian cultures.
  • E. Pamir Highway
    Pamir Highway is a high-altitude road in Central Asia, famed as one of the world’s most remote and scenic driving routes through the Pamir Mountains.
  • 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: majorTradeCenterIn
Context triple: [Balkh, majorTradeCenterIn, Silk Road]
  • A. capitalOrMajorCenter
    Indicates that a location serves as a capital city or a primary major center (political, economic, or cultural hub) for a larger region or entity.
  • B. majorUrbanCenterIn
    Indicates that a city or metropolitan area functions as a primary or significant urban center within the specified region or administrative unit.
  • C. isMajorCenterOf chosen
    Indicates that a place serves as a primary hub or focal point for a particular activity, function, or domain.
  • D. notableCityCenter
    Indicates that a location serves as a prominent or significant central area within a city.
  • E. majorPopulationCenter
    Indicates that a location functions as a primary hub of population concentration and activity within a region.
  • 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_69bd46354c648190a38b26f107010a96 completed March 20, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd86f5a7388190aa4ba2052afca74e completed March 20, 2026, 5:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf295352988190a48d3f9db56fcaf8 completed March 21, 2026, 11:27 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69bd8463a9c88190bd760378f3026180 completed March 20, 2026, 5:31 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:03 p.m.