Triple
T223349
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Spanish galleon trade |
E4263
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Acapulco–Manila galleon trade |
E4263
|
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: Acapulco–Manila galleon trade | Statement: [Spanish galleon trade, alsoKnownAs, Acapulco–Manila galleon trade]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Acapulco–Manila galleon trade Context triple: [Spanish galleon trade, alsoKnownAs, Acapulco–Manila galleon trade]
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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.
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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
Spanish colonization of the Americas
The Spanish colonization of the Americas was the extensive imperial expansion by Spain from the late 15th century onward that conquered and settled vast territories in the Western Hemisphere, reshaping indigenous societies, economies, cultures, and demographics across the New World.
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E.
Opium Wars
The Opium Wars were two mid-19th-century conflicts between China and Western powers, primarily Britain, that forced open Chinese trade and marked a key turning point in the era of Western imperialism in Asia.
- 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_69a2573508588190b522c2476d91acfe |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25c7194fc8190a2d02d446ae3a75e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3527641a081908fbcd0b16fc1c19e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 8:39 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.