Triple

T7375114
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hadhramaut E170104 entity
Predicate containsCity P294 FINISHED
Object Shibam
Shibam is an ancient Yemeni city famed for its dense cluster of multi-story mudbrick tower houses, often called the "Manhattan of the Desert."
 E661680 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: Shibam | Statement: [Hadhramaut, containsCity, Shibam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shibam
Context triple: [Hadhramaut, containsCity, Shibam]
  • A. Harar
    Harar is a historic fortified city in eastern Ethiopia renowned for its ancient Islamic heritage, distinctive city walls, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • B. Artah
    Artah was a strategically significant medieval town near Antioch that served as an important military and administrative center in the Crusader-era Principality of Antioch.
  • C. Ubari
    Ubari is an oasis town in southwestern Libya’s Fezzan region, known for its nearby sand dunes and picturesque desert lakes.
  • D. Ras Lanuf
    Ras Lanuf is a major oil port and industrial town on Libya’s Mediterranean coast, known for its large refinery and strategic role in the country’s petroleum exports.
  • E. Arafo
    Arafo is a small municipality on the island of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, known for its rural landscapes and traditional Canarian character.
  • 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: Shibam
Triple: [Hadhramaut, containsCity, Shibam]
Generated description
Shibam is an ancient Yemeni city famed for its dense cluster of multi-story mudbrick tower houses, often called the "Manhattan of the Desert."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shibam
Target entity description: Shibam is an ancient Yemeni city famed for its dense cluster of multi-story mudbrick tower houses, often called the "Manhattan of the Desert."
  • A. Harar
    Harar is a historic fortified city in eastern Ethiopia renowned for its ancient Islamic heritage, distinctive city walls, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • B. Artah
    Artah was a strategically significant medieval town near Antioch that served as an important military and administrative center in the Crusader-era Principality of Antioch.
  • C. Ubari
    Ubari is an oasis town in southwestern Libya’s Fezzan region, known for its nearby sand dunes and picturesque desert lakes.
  • D. Ras Lanuf
    Ras Lanuf is a major oil port and industrial town on Libya’s Mediterranean coast, known for its large refinery and strategic role in the country’s petroleum exports.
  • E. Arafo
    Arafo is a small municipality on the island of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, known for its rural landscapes and traditional Canarian character.
  • 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_69c68a5bfaac81909ce7f001dfb70c76 completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f1a780f88190abf11994e307b6ad completed March 27, 2026, 9:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c810de7618819099ab4ff328255d92 completed March 28, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8118441948190a80873b98ea3fd30 completed March 28, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8125baee8819084a4008c791d7431 completed March 28, 2026, 5:39 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:07 p.m.