Triple
T1112673
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Colombo |
E11029
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Colombo Metropolitan Region
The Colombo Metropolitan Region is Sri Lanka’s largest urban agglomeration, encompassing Colombo and its surrounding suburbs as the country’s primary economic, administrative, and commercial hub.
|
E128561
|
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: Colombo Metropolitan Region | Statement: [Colombo, partOf, Colombo Metropolitan Region]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colombo Metropolitan Region Context triple: [Colombo, partOf, Colombo Metropolitan Region]
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A.
Colombo District
Colombo District is a key administrative region in western Sri Lanka that encompasses the nation’s commercial capital and surrounding urban and suburban areas.
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B.
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the administrative capital of Sri Lanka, located near Colombo and serving as the seat of the national legislature.
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C.
Colombo
Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, historically significant as a key Indian Ocean trading hub.
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D.
Jaffna
Jaffna is a historic city in northern Sri Lanka, known as a cultural and political center of Sri Lankan Tamils and for its strategic coastal location.
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E.
Galle
Galle is a historic coastal city in southern Sri Lanka renowned for its well-preserved colonial-era fort and long-standing role as a key Indian Ocean trading hub.
- 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: Colombo Metropolitan Region Triple: [Colombo, partOf, Colombo Metropolitan Region]
Generated description
The Colombo Metropolitan Region is Sri Lanka’s largest urban agglomeration, encompassing Colombo and its surrounding suburbs as the country’s primary economic, administrative, and commercial hub.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colombo Metropolitan Region Target entity description: The Colombo Metropolitan Region is Sri Lanka’s largest urban agglomeration, encompassing Colombo and its surrounding suburbs as the country’s primary economic, administrative, and commercial hub.
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A.
Colombo District
chosen
Colombo District is a key administrative region in western Sri Lanka that encompasses the nation’s commercial capital and surrounding urban and suburban areas.
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B.
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the administrative capital of Sri Lanka, located near Colombo and serving as the seat of the national legislature.
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C.
Colombo
Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, historically significant as a key Indian Ocean trading hub.
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D.
Jaffna
Jaffna is a historic city in northern Sri Lanka, known as a cultural and political center of Sri Lankan Tamils and for its strategic coastal location.
-
E.
Galle
Galle is a historic coastal city in southern Sri Lanka renowned for its well-preserved colonial-era fort and long-standing role as a key Indian Ocean trading hub.
- F. None of above.
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_69a493252a648190ac48f8742474a5e8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bb9ea0748190baaeadf76bacc3dd |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac5ea8abe081908a6f38cb78638740 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac5f248db081908596810839ee6160 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:23 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac5fb242488190bf99f63956aeda13 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.