Triple

T964863
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Royal African Company E20815 entity
Predicate notableFort P2462 FINISHED
Object Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle is a historic coastal fortress in present-day Ghana that served as one of the largest centers of British transatlantic slave trade in West Africa.
E113563 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: Cape Coast Castle | Statement: [Royal African Company, notableFort, Cape Coast Castle]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cape Coast Castle
Context triple: [Royal African Company, notableFort, Cape Coast Castle]
  • A. Elmina Castle
    Elmina Castle is a historic coastal fortress in present-day Ghana that became one of the most significant hubs of the transatlantic slave trade.
  • B. Belém Tower
    Belém Tower is a 16th-century fortified tower in Lisbon, Portugal, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned as a symbol of the Age of Discoveries.
  • C. Vieux Fort
    Vieux Fort is a major town in the south of Saint Lucia, known for its international airport, coastal location, and role as a commercial and transportation hub.
  • D. Gorée Island
    Gorée Island is a small island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, historically known as a major center of the Atlantic slave trade and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • E. Fort St. George
    Fort St. George is a historic coastal fortress in Chennai, India, that served as the British East India Company’s first major stronghold and a key center of colonial administration in South India.
  • 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: Cape Coast Castle
Triple: [Royal African Company, notableFort, Cape Coast Castle]
Generated description
Cape Coast Castle is a historic coastal fortress in present-day Ghana that served as one of the largest centers of British transatlantic slave trade in West Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cape Coast Castle
Target entity description: Cape Coast Castle is a historic coastal fortress in present-day Ghana that served as one of the largest centers of British transatlantic slave trade in West Africa.
  • A. Elmina Castle
    Elmina Castle is a historic coastal fortress in present-day Ghana that became one of the most significant hubs of the transatlantic slave trade.
  • B. Belém Tower
    Belém Tower is a 16th-century fortified tower in Lisbon, Portugal, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned as a symbol of the Age of Discoveries.
  • C. Vieux Fort
    Vieux Fort is a major town in the south of Saint Lucia, known for its international airport, coastal location, and role as a commercial and transportation hub.
  • D. Gorée Island
    Gorée Island is a small island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, historically known as a major center of the Atlantic slave trade and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • E. Fort St. George
    Fort St. George is a historic coastal fortress in Chennai, India, that served as the British East India Company’s first major stronghold and a key center of colonial administration in South India.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: notableFort
Context triple: [Royal African Company, notableFort, Cape Coast Castle]
  • A. notablePlace
    Indicates that a place is especially significant, famous, or noteworthy in relation to the subject.
  • B. notableForce
    Indicates that an entity is recognized as a significant or influential force affecting another entity, system, or context.
  • C. notableLocation
    Indicates that a location is especially significant, prominent, or noteworthy in relation to the subject.
  • D. notableSite chosen
    Indicates that a site holds particular significance, prominence, or recognition in some context.
  • E. isFortifiedCity
    Indicates that a city is strengthened with defensive structures or fortifications, such as walls, ramparts, or similar protective works.
  • 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_69a493b33d2c81909c52c369d3ca8436 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b431d61481908b53490e99670363 completed March 1, 2026, 9:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac11a82bfc81908a30b19d4ecc25f1 completed March 7, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac12e7384881908211de8a4092b3c0 completed March 7, 2026, 11:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac135f4b9c8190b45955bc9ef65608 completed March 7, 2026, noon
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4b2a42c1481908d940cbe0aefdd3b completed March 1, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.