Triple

T1962422
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pietermaritzburg E42615 entity
Predicate roadConnection P385 FINISHED
Object N3 national route
The N3 national route is a major South African highway linking Johannesburg and Durban, serving as a key economic and transport corridor between the interior and the coast.
E218863 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: N3 national route | Statement: [Pietermaritzburg, roadConnection, N3 national route]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: N3 national route
Context triple: [Pietermaritzburg, roadConnection, N3 national route]
  • A. National Route 3
    National Route 3 is a major Argentine highway that runs along the Atlantic coast of Patagonia, connecting Buenos Aires with key southern cities including Comodoro Rivadavia.
  • B. National Route 1
    National Route 1 is a major Japanese highway that links Tokyo with Osaka, passing through key urban and industrial areas along the Pacific coast of Honshu.
  • C. National Route 26
    National Route 26 is a major Japanese highway that runs through Osaka Prefecture and connects key cities in the Kansai region.
  • D. Nishi-Meihan Expressway
    Nishi-Meihan Expressway is a major expressway in Japan’s Kansai region that connects parts of Osaka and Nara Prefectures, serving as an important route for regional traffic and logistics.
  • E. Kinki Expressway
    The Kinki Expressway is a major Japanese expressway serving the Kansai (Kinki) region, facilitating high-speed road travel and regional connectivity around cities such as Osaka and Kyoto.
  • 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: N3 national route
Triple: [Pietermaritzburg, roadConnection, N3 national route]
Generated description
The N3 national route is a major South African highway linking Johannesburg and Durban, serving as a key economic and transport corridor between the interior and the coast.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: N3 national route
Target entity description: The N3 national route is a major South African highway linking Johannesburg and Durban, serving as a key economic and transport corridor between the interior and the coast.
  • A. National Route 3
    National Route 3 is a major Argentine highway that runs along the Atlantic coast of Patagonia, connecting Buenos Aires with key southern cities including Comodoro Rivadavia.
  • B. National Route 1
    National Route 1 is a major Japanese highway that links Tokyo with Osaka, passing through key urban and industrial areas along the Pacific coast of Honshu.
  • C. National Route 26
    National Route 26 is a major Japanese highway that runs through Osaka Prefecture and connects key cities in the Kansai region.
  • D. Nishi-Meihan Expressway
    Nishi-Meihan Expressway is a major expressway in Japan’s Kansai region that connects parts of Osaka and Nara Prefectures, serving as an important route for regional traffic and logistics.
  • E. Kinki Expressway
    The Kinki Expressway is a major Japanese expressway serving the Kansai (Kinki) region, facilitating high-speed road travel and regional connectivity around cities such as Osaka and Kyoto.
  • 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_69a88711151c8190940b2572095059d7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb3aae8c48190afae2cf3af2ae4e9 completed March 7, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adfbd133908190add1c78d91a813ef completed March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adfc6d7fb08190959ee247d0060f4c completed March 8, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adfd2f68f48190ad23db5ca6ae663a completed March 8, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.