Triple
T7327860
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sogdian alphabet |
E168919
|
entity |
| Predicate | usedAlong |
P591
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Silk Road
The Silk Road was an ancient network of overland and maritime trade routes that connected East Asia with the Mediterranean, facilitating extensive exchange of goods, ideas, religions, and cultures across Eurasia.
|
E14028
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Silk Road | Statement: [Sogdian alphabet, usedAlong, Silk Road]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silk Road Context triple: [Sogdian alphabet, usedAlong, Silk Road]
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A.
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.
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B.
Grand Trunk Road
The Grand Trunk Road is one of South Asia’s oldest and longest major highways, historically linking key cities across present-day Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan as a vital trade and military route.
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C.
The Royal Road
The Royal Road is a historic route name traditionally used for important long-distance roads that connected major cities or regions under royal or imperial authority.
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D.
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.
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E.
Incense Route
The Incense Route was an ancient network of desert trade paths used by caravans to transport frankincense, myrrh, spices, and other luxury goods between the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, and Mediterranean markets.
- 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: Silk Road Triple: [Sogdian alphabet, usedAlong, Silk Road]
Generated description
The Silk Road was an ancient network of overland and maritime trade routes that connected East Asia with the Mediterranean, facilitating extensive exchange of goods, ideas, religions, and cultures across Eurasia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silk Road Target entity description: The Silk Road was an ancient network of overland and maritime trade routes that connected East Asia with the Mediterranean, facilitating extensive exchange of goods, ideas, religions, and cultures across Eurasia.
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A.
Silk Road routes
chosen
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.
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B.
Grand Trunk Road
The Grand Trunk Road is one of South Asia’s oldest and longest major highways, historically linking key cities across present-day Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan as a vital trade and military route.
-
C.
The Royal Road
The Royal Road is a historic route name traditionally used for important long-distance roads that connected major cities or regions under royal or imperial authority.
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D.
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.
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E.
Incense Route
The Incense Route was an ancient network of desert trade paths used by caravans to transport frankincense, myrrh, spices, and other luxury goods between the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, and Mediterranean markets.
- F. None of above.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: usedAlong Context triple: [Sogdian alphabet, usedAlong, Silk Road]
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A.
usedAcross
Indicates that something is utilized or applied in multiple different contexts, locations, or domains.
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B.
usedAt
chosen
Indicates that something is employed, applied, or utilized at a particular place, time, or context.
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C.
usedDuring
Indicates that one entity is employed, applied, or active in the course of another entity’s process, event, or time period.
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D.
usedCross
Indicates that one entity made use of a cross-shaped object or structure, or traversed by means of a crossing point such as a crosswalk or intersection.
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E.
usedWith
Indicates that one entity is typically or appropriately employed together with another entity in a combined or complementary use.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69c68a54cacc81908e3b773441f19566 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f0a879b88190bef0fb6cbae411ff |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7ef11f76881909d802942c4013509 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7ef95787c819086684c4286166b43 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:11 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7f0644ebc8190971075d75e3a76d0 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:14 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69c6e77230048190b2c29ca6b3a65b8e |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:03 p.m.