Triple
T2107348
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Aksumite Empire |
E42424
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableFor |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Red Sea trade networks |
E166822
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Red Sea trade networks | Statement: [Aksumite Empire, notableFor, Red Sea trade networks]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Red Sea trade networks Context triple: [Aksumite Empire, notableFor, Red Sea trade networks]
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A.
Indian Ocean trade network
The Indian Ocean trade network was a vast, centuries-long maritime system connecting East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia through the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas driven by monsoon winds.
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B.
Mediterranean trade routes
Mediterranean trade routes were a network of maritime and coastal pathways that connected Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, facilitating extensive commercial, cultural, and disease transmission across the Mediterranean Sea.
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C.
Trans-Saharan trade routes
The Trans-Saharan trade routes were a network of caravan paths across the Sahara Desert that linked West and North Africa, facilitating the exchange of gold, salt, slaves, and other goods and fostering the rise of powerful African empires.
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D.
L’Orient
L’Orient was a massive French ship of the line that served as Admiral Brueys’ flagship and was famously destroyed in a catastrophic explosion during the Battle of the Nile in 1798.
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E.
Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route
chosen
The Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route is a major global maritime corridor linking Europe, Asia, and East Africa via the Suez Canal and adjacent seas, carrying a significant share of the world’s container and energy trade.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a8871040f08190aac2e2d0ab6b47ad |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbadf12b88190acc513d8512777b2 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:42 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae306e040081909334f2a70036c26e |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:43 p.m.