Triple
T5459981
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ruins of Desert Cathay |
E122571
|
entity |
| Predicate | documents |
P450
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition
Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition was an early 20th-century archaeological and geographical journey across Central Asian deserts that yielded major discoveries of ancient manuscripts, art, and ruins along the Silk Road.
|
E522297
|
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: Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition | Statement: [Ruins of Desert Cathay, documents, Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition Context triple: [Ruins of Desert Cathay, documents, Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition]
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A.
German Turfan expeditions
The German Turfan expeditions were a series of early 20th-century archaeological and scholarly missions to the Turfan region of Chinese Central Asia that collected and studied ancient manuscripts, artworks, and cultural artifacts from Silk Road civilizations.
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B.
Travels in Tartary
Travels in Tartary is a classic 1930s travel narrative by British writer Peter Fleming, recounting his adventurous overland journey across remote regions of Central Asia.
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C.
Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon
Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon is a genre-blending world music album by the Silk Road Ensemble that explores cross-cultural musical traditions inspired by the historic Silk Road.
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D.
Travels in Arabia
Travels in Arabia is an early 19th-century travel narrative by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, documenting his journeys and observations across the Arabian Peninsula.
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E.
Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet
Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet is a genre-blending world music album that showcases the Silk Road Ensemble’s cross-cultural collaboration and fusion of Eastern and Western musical traditions.
- 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: Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition Triple: [Ruins of Desert Cathay, documents, Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition]
Generated description
Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition was an early 20th-century archaeological and geographical journey across Central Asian deserts that yielded major discoveries of ancient manuscripts, art, and ruins along the Silk Road.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition Target entity description: Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition was an early 20th-century archaeological and geographical journey across Central Asian deserts that yielded major discoveries of ancient manuscripts, art, and ruins along the Silk Road.
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A.
German Turfan expeditions
The German Turfan expeditions were a series of early 20th-century archaeological and scholarly missions to the Turfan region of Chinese Central Asia that collected and studied ancient manuscripts, artworks, and cultural artifacts from Silk Road civilizations.
-
B.
Travels in Tartary
Travels in Tartary is a classic 1930s travel narrative by British writer Peter Fleming, recounting his adventurous overland journey across remote regions of Central Asia.
-
C.
Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon
Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon is a genre-blending world music album by the Silk Road Ensemble that explores cross-cultural musical traditions inspired by the historic Silk Road.
-
D.
Travels in Arabia
Travels in Arabia is an early 19th-century travel narrative by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, documenting his journeys and observations across the Arabian Peninsula.
-
E.
Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet
Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet is a genre-blending world music album that showcases the Silk Road Ensemble’s cross-cultural collaboration and fusion of Eastern and Western musical traditions.
- 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_69bd46424248819085282ddf50a565f3 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd9200a3988190a06f253f99e68224 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 6:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf488866088190b213bd641f8b247c |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf4917bab88190810ff9f32727dabc |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:42 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf494e5e788190a4e2ec1b1bb44718 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:43 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:08 p.m.