Triple

T702554
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Silk Road routes E14028 entity
Predicate relatedConcept P37 FINISHED
Object 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.
E88010 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: Tea Horse Road | Statement: [Silk Road routes, relatedConcept, Tea Horse Road]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tea Horse Road
Context triple: [Silk Road routes, relatedConcept, Tea Horse Road]
  • A. Karakoram Highway
    The Karakoram Highway is a high-altitude international road linking Pakistan and China through the Karakoram mountain range, renowned as one of the world’s highest paved routes and a key part of the ancient Silk Road corridor.
  • B. Kukum Highway
    Kukum Highway is a major roadway in Honiara, the capital city of the Solomon Islands, serving as one of its primary transport arteries.
  • C. Burma Road
    The Burma Road was a vital overland supply route used by the Allies during World War II to transport military aid from British-controlled Burma into China, helping sustain Chinese resistance against Japan.
  • D. China National Highway 106
    China National Highway 106 is a major north–south trunk road in China that connects Beijing with Guangzhou, passing through several key provinces and cities along its route.
  • E. China National Highway 107
    China National Highway 107 is a major north–south trunk road in China that connects Beijing with Shenzhen, passing through several key cities and regions along its route.
  • 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: Tea Horse Road
Triple: [Silk Road routes, relatedConcept, Tea Horse Road]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tea Horse Road
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. Karakoram Highway
    The Karakoram Highway is a high-altitude international road linking Pakistan and China through the Karakoram mountain range, renowned as one of the world’s highest paved routes and a key part of the ancient Silk Road corridor.
  • B. Kukum Highway
    Kukum Highway is a major roadway in Honiara, the capital city of the Solomon Islands, serving as one of its primary transport arteries.
  • C. Burma Road
    The Burma Road was a vital overland supply route used by the Allies during World War II to transport military aid from British-controlled Burma into China, helping sustain Chinese resistance against Japan.
  • D. China National Highway 106
    China National Highway 106 is a major north–south trunk road in China that connects Beijing with Guangzhou, passing through several key provinces and cities along its route.
  • E. China National Highway 107
    China National Highway 107 is a major north–south trunk road in China that connects Beijing with Shenzhen, passing through several key cities and regions along its route.
  • 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_69a493494ec48190ae6751683625a9ba completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a532dd708190ab91e515a07b441e completed March 1, 2026, 8:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a64a5618348190b8ec2c7d6bd06e2b completed March 3, 2026, 2:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a64ab831308190923f1e95b9311c5a completed March 3, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a64b1ff9548190bcffcc04f2365aaa completed March 3, 2026, 2:44 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.