Triple

T1023266
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Iranian languages E22084 entity
Predicate historicalRegion P915 FINISHED
Object Bactria
Bactria was an ancient historical region in Central Asia, centered around the Oxus River, known for its role as a crossroads of Persian, Greek, and later Central Asian cultures.
E125352 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: Bactria | Statement: [Iranian languages, historicalRegion, Bactria]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bactria
Context triple: [Iranian languages, historicalRegion, Bactria]
  • A. Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
    The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom was a Hellenistic state in Central Asia founded by Greek settlers after Alexander the Great’s conquests, known for its rich fusion of Greek and Eastern cultures and influential role in regional trade and politics.
  • B. Scythia
    Scythia was an ancient region of Eurasia inhabited by nomadic Iranian-speaking peoples known for their horse culture, warfare, and influence across the Eurasian steppe.
  • C. Khorasan
    Khorasan is a historical region in northeastern Iran and surrounding areas that served as a major cultural and political center in various Persian and Islamic empires.
  • D. Panticapaeum
    Panticapaeum was an important ancient Greek city and trading center on the Cimmerian Bosporus, located where the modern city of Kerch in Crimea now stands.
  • E. Colchis
    Colchis was an ancient region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, famed in Greek mythology as the destination of Jason and the Argonauts and the land of the Golden Fleece.
  • 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: Bactria
Triple: [Iranian languages, historicalRegion, Bactria]
Generated description
Bactria was an ancient historical region in Central Asia, centered around the Oxus River, known for its role as a crossroads of Persian, Greek, and later Central Asian cultures.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bactria
Target entity description: Bactria was an ancient historical region in Central Asia, centered around the Oxus River, known for its role as a crossroads of Persian, Greek, and later Central Asian cultures.
  • A. Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
    The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom was a Hellenistic state in Central Asia founded by Greek settlers after Alexander the Great’s conquests, known for its rich fusion of Greek and Eastern cultures and influential role in regional trade and politics.
  • B. Scythia
    Scythia was an ancient region of Eurasia inhabited by nomadic Iranian-speaking peoples known for their horse culture, warfare, and influence across the Eurasian steppe.
  • C. Khorasan
    Khorasan is a historical region in northeastern Iran and surrounding areas that served as a major cultural and political center in various Persian and Islamic empires.
  • D. Panticapaeum
    Panticapaeum was an important ancient Greek city and trading center on the Cimmerian Bosporus, located where the modern city of Kerch in Crimea now stands.
  • E. Colchis
    Colchis was an ancient region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, famed in Greek mythology as the destination of Jason and the Argonauts and the land of the Golden Fleece.
  • 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_69a493d6e380819097b384986ffc315c completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b7e0f8908190bfe0a4cd8b31dfed completed March 1, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac4c12604c8190b3ce04c96b0000f1 completed March 7, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac4cf236c08190920077a7667f3b27 completed March 7, 2026, 4:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac4d5b1e288190be48299d3e4e37d4 completed March 7, 2026, 4:07 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.