Triple

T300992
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Phoenician civilization E6197 entity
Predicate hasColony P160 FINISHED
Object Lixus
Lixus was an ancient Phoenician (and later Carthaginian and Roman) coastal city in present-day Morocco, known as one of the oldest settlements in Northwest Africa and a key center of Mediterranean trade.
E42037 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: Lixus | Statement: [Phoenician civilization, hasColony, Lixus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lixus
Context triple: [Phoenician civilization, hasColony, Lixus]
  • A. Sabratha
    Sabratha is an ancient Phoenician and Roman city on Libya’s Mediterranean coast, renowned for its well-preserved classical ruins and monumental theater.
  • B. Sidon
    Sidon is an ancient Phoenician port city, located in present-day Lebanon, that was a major center of maritime trade and culture in the eastern Mediterranean.
  • C. Cyrene
    Cyrene is an ancient Greek and Roman city in eastern Libya renowned for its well-preserved ruins and historical significance as a major center of classical civilization.
  • D. Leptis Magna
    Leptis Magna is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Roman city on the Mediterranean coast, renowned for its grand architecture and archaeological significance.
  • E. Carthage
    Carthage was an influential ancient Phoenician city-state and maritime empire in North Africa, renowned for its trade networks and conflicts with Rome during the Punic Wars.
  • 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: Lixus
Triple: [Phoenician civilization, hasColony, Lixus]
Generated description
Lixus was an ancient Phoenician (and later Carthaginian and Roman) coastal city in present-day Morocco, known as one of the oldest settlements in Northwest Africa and a key center of Mediterranean trade.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lixus
Target entity description: Lixus was an ancient Phoenician (and later Carthaginian and Roman) coastal city in present-day Morocco, known as one of the oldest settlements in Northwest Africa and a key center of Mediterranean trade.
  • A. Sabratha
    Sabratha is an ancient Phoenician and Roman city on Libya’s Mediterranean coast, renowned for its well-preserved classical ruins and monumental theater.
  • B. Sidon
    Sidon is an ancient Phoenician port city, located in present-day Lebanon, that was a major center of maritime trade and culture in the eastern Mediterranean.
  • C. Cyrene
    Cyrene is an ancient Greek and Roman city in eastern Libya renowned for its well-preserved ruins and historical significance as a major center of classical civilization.
  • D. Leptis Magna
    Leptis Magna is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Roman city on the Mediterranean coast, renowned for its grand architecture and archaeological significance.
  • E. Carthage
    Carthage was an influential ancient Phoenician city-state and maritime empire in North Africa, renowned for its trade networks and conflicts with Rome during the Punic Wars.
  • 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_69a2e79114b081909490b3bf5a5dbb51 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ee002dd0819080f0841eb9107ee3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3cfe55c4c81908521c5161f0d844b completed March 1, 2026, 5:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3d0a036308190aa0627ce3ef105de completed March 1, 2026, 5:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3d125242c81908034f58a8dbcc52f completed March 1, 2026, 5:39 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.