Triple
T2262587
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Middle East and North Africa |
E50069
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasStrategicLocation |
P2850
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Bab-el-Mandeb |
E27082
|
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: Bab-el-Mandeb | Statement: [Middle East and North Africa, hasStrategicLocation, Bab-el-Mandeb]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bab-el-Mandeb Context triple: [Middle East and North Africa, hasStrategicLocation, Bab-el-Mandeb]
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A.
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
chosen
The Bab-el-Mandeb Strait is a narrow, strategically vital waterway between the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa that connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
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B.
Strait of Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow, strategically vital waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman through which a significant portion of the world’s oil shipments pass.
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C.
Strait of Gibraltar
The Strait of Gibraltar is the narrow waterway between southern Spain and northern Morocco that links the Atlantic Ocean with the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Africa.
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D.
Strait of Bonifacio
The Strait of Bonifacio is a narrow, often treacherous sea passage in the Mediterranean that separates the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and connects the Tyrrhenian Sea with the western Mediterranean.
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E.
Strait of Tiran
The Strait of Tiran is a narrow, strategically vital waterway between the Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia that serves as the maritime entrance to the Gulf of Aqaba and the ports of Eilat and Aqaba.
- 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_69a88b01e0048190ba96431b5f990ba9 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc18be8308190abc4a59d37dfd93a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae7f08f2b88190bba173acb132a160 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:04 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.