Triple

T1332738
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Casa de Contratación E28679 entity
Predicate supervised P7373 FINISHED
Object Spanish treasure fleets
The Spanish treasure fleets were convoys of ships that transported vast quantities of New World silver, gold, and other valuable goods across the Atlantic to Spain during the height of its colonial empire.
E4263 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: Spanish treasure fleets | Statement: [Casa de Contratación, supervised, Spanish treasure fleets]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spanish treasure fleets
Context triple: [Casa de Contratación, supervised, Spanish treasure fleets]
  • A. Spanish galleon trade
    The Spanish galleon trade was a transoceanic maritime commerce system that linked Asia, the Americas, and Europe from the 16th to 19th centuries, primarily transporting silver, spices, silk, and other luxury goods across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
  • B. Magellan–Elcano expedition
    The Magellan–Elcano expedition was the early 16th-century Spanish-led voyage that achieved the first circumnavigation of the Earth, fundamentally transforming global navigation and trade.
  • C. Spanish Empire
    The Spanish Empire was a vast early modern global empire that dominated much of the Americas, parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia, becoming one of history’s most powerful colonial powers.
  • D. Spanish Armada
    The Spanish Armada was a large 16th-century fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England, whose defeat marked a turning point in European naval power.
  • E. Portolá expedition
    The Portolá expedition was a 1769–1770 Spanish exploratory and colonizing venture that marked the first overland European exploration of present-day California, leading to the establishment of missions and settlements along the coast.
  • 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: Spanish treasure fleets
Triple: [Casa de Contratación, supervised, Spanish treasure fleets]
Generated description
The Spanish treasure fleets were convoys of ships that transported vast quantities of New World silver, gold, and other valuable goods across the Atlantic to Spain during the height of its colonial empire.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spanish treasure fleets
Target entity description: The Spanish treasure fleets were convoys of ships that transported vast quantities of New World silver, gold, and other valuable goods across the Atlantic to Spain during the height of its colonial empire.
  • A. Spanish galleon trade chosen
    The Spanish galleon trade was a transoceanic maritime commerce system that linked Asia, the Americas, and Europe from the 16th to 19th centuries, primarily transporting silver, spices, silk, and other luxury goods across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
  • B. Magellan–Elcano expedition
    The Magellan–Elcano expedition was the early 16th-century Spanish-led voyage that achieved the first circumnavigation of the Earth, fundamentally transforming global navigation and trade.
  • C. Spanish Empire
    The Spanish Empire was a vast early modern global empire that dominated much of the Americas, parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia, becoming one of history’s most powerful colonial powers.
  • D. Spanish Armada
    The Spanish Armada was a large 16th-century fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England, whose defeat marked a turning point in European naval power.
  • E. Portolá expedition
    The Portolá expedition was a 1769–1770 Spanish exploratory and colonizing venture that marked the first overland European exploration of present-day California, leading to the establishment of missions and settlements along the coast.
  • 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_69a498561a508190a3e1bc137c2b866a completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c1e7f1388190a6e4eb65a7997380 completed March 1, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acbf383b24819092acd076130ca5c0 completed March 8, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acbf77a3748190a510ea10d8ae4373 completed March 8, 2026, 12:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acbfe5eae88190ba65808402ada37f completed March 8, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:55 p.m.