Triple
T1805017
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Jaffna Tamil |
E40200
|
entity |
| Predicate | differsFrom |
P278
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Colombo Tamil
Colombo Tamil is a dialect of Tamil spoken primarily by the Tamil community in and around Colombo, Sri Lanka, characterized by distinct phonological and lexical features influenced by urban and multilingual contact.
|
E201097
|
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 Tamil | Statement: [Jaffna Tamil, differsFrom, Colombo Tamil]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colombo Tamil Context triple: [Jaffna Tamil, differsFrom, Colombo Tamil]
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A.
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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B.
Jaffna Tamil
Jaffna Tamil is a distinct regional variety of the Tamil language spoken primarily in and around Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka, known for its conservative linguistic features and unique phonology and vocabulary.
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C.
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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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.
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.
- 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 Tamil Triple: [Jaffna Tamil, differsFrom, Colombo Tamil]
Generated description
Colombo Tamil is a dialect of Tamil spoken primarily by the Tamil community in and around Colombo, Sri Lanka, characterized by distinct phonological and lexical features influenced by urban and multilingual contact.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colombo Tamil Target entity description: Colombo Tamil is a dialect of Tamil spoken primarily by the Tamil community in and around Colombo, Sri Lanka, characterized by distinct phonological and lexical features influenced by urban and multilingual contact.
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A.
Colombo
Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, historically significant as a key Indian Ocean trading hub.
-
B.
Jaffna Tamil
Jaffna Tamil is a distinct regional variety of the Tamil language spoken primarily in and around Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka, known for its conservative linguistic features and unique phonology and vocabulary.
-
C.
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.
-
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.
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.
- 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_69a88643a3388190a612f2ebe1fb29e7 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa659648e8819085fafb60dc03f14b |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adb5df20948190943a60c209270b62 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:46 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adb69c149081908b5b819c068a1ce2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:49 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adb8be528c819092a5e22b099fc2a0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:58 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.