Triple

T6104108
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Western Province, Sri Lanka E136073 entity
Predicate hasMajorHighway P385 FINISHED
Object Colombo–Katunayake Expressway
The Colombo–Katunayake Expressway is a major controlled-access highway in Sri Lanka that connects the capital city Colombo with Bandaranaike International Airport and the city of Negombo, significantly reducing travel time between them.
 E569180 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: Colombo–Katunayake Expressway | Statement: [Western Province, Sri Lanka, hasMajorHighway, Colombo–Katunayake Expressway]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Colombo–Katunayake Expressway
Context triple: [Western Province, Sri Lanka, hasMajorHighway, Colombo–Katunayake Expressway]
  • A. Southern Expressway of Sri Lanka
    The Southern Expressway of Sri Lanka is a major controlled-access highway linking Colombo with key southern cities, significantly reducing travel time and boosting regional economic development.
  • B. Colombo–Galle–Hambantota–Wellawaya Highway (A2)
    The Colombo–Galle–Hambantota–Wellawaya Highway (A2) is a major coastal trunk road in Sri Lanka that connects Colombo with key southern and southeastern cities including Galle, Hambantota, and Wellawaya.
  • C. Colombo–Batticaloa route
    The Colombo–Batticaloa route is a major intercity railway line in Sri Lanka that connects the capital Colombo with the eastern city of Batticaloa, traversing diverse regions across the island.
  • D. Colombo–Trincomalee route
    The Colombo–Trincomalee route is a major intercity railway line in Sri Lanka connecting the capital Colombo with the eastern port city of Trincomalee.
  • E. Puttalam Line
    The Puttalam Line is a major railway line in Sri Lanka that runs along the island’s western coast, serving towns and industrial areas between Colombo and Puttalam.
  • 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: Colombo–Katunayake Expressway
Triple: [Western Province, Sri Lanka, hasMajorHighway, Colombo–Katunayake Expressway]
Generated description
The Colombo–Katunayake Expressway is a major controlled-access highway in Sri Lanka that connects the capital city Colombo with Bandaranaike International Airport and the city of Negombo, significantly reducing travel time between them.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Colombo–Katunayake Expressway
Target entity description: The Colombo–Katunayake Expressway is a major controlled-access highway in Sri Lanka that connects the capital city Colombo with Bandaranaike International Airport and the city of Negombo, significantly reducing travel time between them.
  • A. Southern Expressway of Sri Lanka
    The Southern Expressway of Sri Lanka is a major controlled-access highway linking Colombo with key southern cities, significantly reducing travel time and boosting regional economic development.
  • B. Colombo–Galle–Hambantota–Wellawaya Highway (A2)
    The Colombo–Galle–Hambantota–Wellawaya Highway (A2) is a major coastal trunk road in Sri Lanka that connects Colombo with key southern and southeastern cities including Galle, Hambantota, and Wellawaya.
  • C. Colombo–Batticaloa route
    The Colombo–Batticaloa route is a major intercity railway line in Sri Lanka that connects the capital Colombo with the eastern city of Batticaloa, traversing diverse regions across the island.
  • D. Colombo–Trincomalee route
    The Colombo–Trincomalee route is a major intercity railway line in Sri Lanka connecting the capital Colombo with the eastern port city of Trincomalee.
  • E. Puttalam Line
    The Puttalam Line is a major railway line in Sri Lanka that runs along the island’s western coast, serving towns and industrial areas between Colombo and Puttalam.
  • 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_69c0087dee9881909e3655be88208c01 completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05b3f8e5481909e85a60aaf319f66 completed March 22, 2026, 9:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c12553f1d4819096de40514ef4d2cb completed March 23, 2026, 11:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c125d888cc819092b765d47f1d9f9f completed March 23, 2026, 11:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c126f308988190ab6cb6c79ea12877 completed March 23, 2026, 11:41 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:13 p.m.