Triple

T7156415
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route E166822 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object East–West maritime trade routes
East–West maritime trade routes are the major historical and modern sea corridors linking Europe, the Middle East, and Asia for the large-scale movement of goods, people, and cultures across the globe.
E12764 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: East–West maritime trade routes | Statement: [Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route, partOf, East–West maritime trade routes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: East–West maritime trade routes
Context triple: [Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route, partOf, East–West maritime trade routes]
  • A. Indian Ocean trade network
    The Indian Ocean trade network was a vast, centuries-long maritime system connecting East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia through the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas driven by monsoon winds.
  • B. Atlantic trade routes
    Atlantic trade routes are major maritime shipping corridors across the Atlantic Ocean that connect ports in North America, Europe, Africa, and beyond for international trade and transport.
  • C. Mediterranean trade routes
    Mediterranean trade routes were a network of maritime and coastal pathways that connected Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, facilitating extensive commercial, cultural, and disease transmission across the Mediterranean Sea.
  • D. Silk Road routes
    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.
  • E. South Atlantic trade routes
    South Atlantic trade routes are key maritime corridors connecting South America, Africa, and Europe, vital for the movement of commercial shipping, resources, and naval operations across the South Atlantic Ocean.
  • 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: East–West maritime trade routes
Triple: [Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route, partOf, East–West maritime trade routes]
Generated description
East–West maritime trade routes are the major historical and modern sea corridors linking Europe, the Middle East, and Asia for the large-scale movement of goods, people, and cultures across the globe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: East–West maritime trade routes
Target entity description: East–West maritime trade routes are the major historical and modern sea corridors linking Europe, the Middle East, and Asia for the large-scale movement of goods, people, and cultures across the globe.
  • A. Indian Ocean trade network chosen
    The Indian Ocean trade network was a vast, centuries-long maritime system connecting East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia through the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas driven by monsoon winds.
  • B. Atlantic trade routes
    Atlantic trade routes are major maritime shipping corridors across the Atlantic Ocean that connect ports in North America, Europe, Africa, and beyond for international trade and transport.
  • C. Mediterranean trade routes
    Mediterranean trade routes were a network of maritime and coastal pathways that connected Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, facilitating extensive commercial, cultural, and disease transmission across the Mediterranean Sea.
  • D. Silk Road routes
    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.
  • E. South Atlantic trade routes
    South Atlantic trade routes are key maritime corridors connecting South America, Africa, and Europe, vital for the movement of commercial shipping, resources, and naval operations across the South Atlantic Ocean.
  • F. None of above.

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_69c68887a5cc8190bec0ea96227164f7 completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e80dafdc8190b24863b83f084d12 completed March 27, 2026, 8:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7adb530388190b68fa05418d3e184 completed March 28, 2026, 10:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7ae830c74819091d6d65ac6fba32b completed March 28, 2026, 10:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7af1133b08190a32dccf82015c19e completed March 28, 2026, 10:36 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:47 p.m.