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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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]
  • A. usedAcross
    Indicates that something is utilized or applied in multiple different contexts, locations, or domains.
  • B. usedAt chosen
    Indicates that something is employed, applied, or utilized at a particular place, time, or context.
  • C. usedDuring
    Indicates that one entity is employed, applied, or active in the course of another entity’s process, event, or time period.
  • 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.
  • 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.