Triple

T7261379
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pêro da Covilhã E159660 entity
Predicate name P16 FINISHED
Object Pero da Covilhã
Pero da Covilhã was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer and diplomat known for his overland journeys to India and Ethiopia that helped pave the way for the sea route to India.
 E663728 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: Pero da Covilhã | Statement: [Pêro da Covilhã, name, Pero da Covilhã]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Pero da Covilhã
Context triple: [Pêro da Covilhã, name, Pero da Covilhã]
  • A. Portalegre
    Portalegre is a historic city in eastern Portugal known for its medieval architecture, hilltop setting near the São Mamede mountains, and traditional Alentejo culture.
  • B. Alcobaça
    Alcobaça is a historic Portuguese city best known for its UNESCO-listed Cistercian monastery, one of the country’s most important medieval monuments.
  • C. Covilhã
    Covilhã is a city in central Portugal, historically known for its textile industry and as a gateway to the Serra da Estrela mountain range.
  • D. Lourinhã
    Lourinhã is a coastal municipality in western Portugal known for its rich dinosaur fossil discoveries and scenic Atlantic beaches.
  • E. Sernancelhe
    Sernancelhe is a municipality in northern Portugal known for its historic granite architecture, religious heritage, and scenic rural landscapes.
  • 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: Pero da Covilhã
Triple: [Pêro da Covilhã, name, Pero da Covilhã]
Generated description
Pero da Covilhã was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer and diplomat known for his overland journeys to India and Ethiopia that helped pave the way for the sea route to India.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Pero da Covilhã
Target entity description: Pero da Covilhã was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer and diplomat known for his overland journeys to India and Ethiopia that helped pave the way for the sea route to India.
  • A. Portalegre
    Portalegre is a historic city in eastern Portugal known for its medieval architecture, hilltop setting near the São Mamede mountains, and traditional Alentejo culture.
  • B. Alcobaça
    Alcobaça is a historic Portuguese city best known for its UNESCO-listed Cistercian monastery, one of the country’s most important medieval monuments.
  • C. Covilhã
    Covilhã is a city in central Portugal, historically known for its textile industry and as a gateway to the Serra da Estrela mountain range.
  • D. Lourinhã
    Lourinhã is a coastal municipality in western Portugal known for its rich dinosaur fossil discoveries and scenic Atlantic beaches.
  • E. Sernancelhe
    Sernancelhe is a municipality in northern Portugal known for its historic granite architecture, religious heritage, and scenic rural landscapes.
  • 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_69c68838f9948190875fd60b2351230c completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6eac79fd081909274aa10ffb192aa completed March 27, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c81eb53060819081312e8b2805e9db completed March 28, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c81fb91eb88190b6436ace69d44211 completed March 28, 2026, 6:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c822f547388190be0879b70542a421 completed March 28, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:57 p.m.