Triple

T16384391
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Yam postal system E397883 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Yam
Yam was an extensive relay-based postal and communication network used in the Mongol Empire to support rapid message, trade, and military logistics across vast distances.
 E1210250 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: Yam | Statement: [Yam postal system, alsoKnownAs, Yam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Yam
Context triple: [Yam postal system, alsoKnownAs, Yam]
  • A. Yam
    Yam is the ancient Canaanite and Phoenician god of the sea, often depicted as a primordial chaos deity and rival of the storm god Baal.
  • B. Yam
    Yam is a Cantonese romanization of the Chinese surname Yan, commonly used among Cantonese-speaking communities.
  • C. Yam
    Yam is one of the islands that make up the Central Islands group in the Torres Strait, located between Australia and Papua New Guinea.
  • D. Yam O
    Yam O is an area on Lantau Island in Hong Kong, known for its coastal location near major infrastructure such as Penny’s Bay and the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge link roads.
  • E. Cassava
    Cassava is a starchy root crop widely grown in tropical regions as a major source of carbohydrates for food and industrial uses.
  • 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: Yam
Triple: [Yam postal system, alsoKnownAs, Yam]
Generated description
Yam was an extensive relay-based postal and communication network used in the Mongol Empire to support rapid message, trade, and military logistics across vast distances.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Yam
Target entity description: Yam was an extensive relay-based postal and communication network used in the Mongol Empire to support rapid message, trade, and military logistics across vast distances.
  • A. Yam
    Yam is the ancient Canaanite and Phoenician god of the sea, often depicted as a primordial chaos deity and rival of the storm god Baal.
  • B. Yam
    Yam is a Cantonese romanization of the Chinese surname Yan, commonly used among Cantonese-speaking communities.
  • C. Yam
    Yam is one of the islands that make up the Central Islands group in the Torres Strait, located between Australia and Papua New Guinea.
  • D. Yam O
    Yam O is an area on Lantau Island in Hong Kong, known for its coastal location near major infrastructure such as Penny’s Bay and the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge link roads.
  • E. Cassava
    Cassava is a starchy root crop widely grown in tropical regions as a major source of carbohydrates for food and industrial uses.
  • 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_69d87f2880b48190ae1a9673a3bbef80 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e319de83248190b5d43646fa9b6cda completed April 18, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00356cf44081909133b599cfe9ed4a completed May 10, 2026, 7:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00369391a08190bb5521e2fcc839c6 completed May 10, 2026, 7:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00374326948190ae039bc689054387 completed May 10, 2026, 7:44 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:08 a.m.