Triple

T8961617
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gulf of Thailand–South China Sea passages E214018 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object East–West maritime trade routes
East–West maritime trade routes are major historical and modern sea lanes that connect Asian, Middle Eastern, African, and European regions, enabling large-scale exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas across the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
E769096 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: [Gulf of Thailand–South China Sea passages, 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: [Gulf of Thailand–South China Sea passages, 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: [Gulf of Thailand–South China Sea passages, partOf, East–West maritime trade routes]
Generated description
East–West maritime trade routes are major historical and modern sea lanes that connect Asian, Middle Eastern, African, and European regions, enabling large-scale exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas across the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
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 major historical and modern sea lanes that connect Asian, Middle Eastern, African, and European regions, enabling large-scale exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas across the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
  • 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

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_69ca839cd6008190a1546a701a56710c completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc6748baa88190ac54e701dc4d6212 completed April 1, 2026, 12:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfc94e088881909506b229d1fff44a completed April 3, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfc9ef5e548190a134c2bf0aa380b5 completed April 3, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfca735c50819088c2805c62d96d62 completed April 3, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7 p.m.