Triple

T3888977
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tea Horse Road E88010 entity
Predicate linkedTo P37 FINISHED
Object Yunnan–Tibet corridor
The Yunnan–Tibet corridor is a historic trans-Himalayan passage in southwest China that served as a key segment of ancient trade routes connecting Yunnan to Tibet across rugged, high-altitude terrain.
E88010 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: Yunnan–Tibet corridor | Statement: [Tea Horse Road, linkedTo, Yunnan–Tibet corridor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yunnan–Tibet corridor
Context triple: [Tea Horse Road, linkedTo, Yunnan–Tibet corridor]
  • A. Tea Horse Road
    The Tea Horse Road was an ancient network of trade routes in Southwest China used primarily to transport tea to Tibet and beyond in exchange for horses, linking Chinese, Tibetan, and Southeast Asian cultures.
  • B. Trans-Karakoram Tract
    The Trans-Karakoram Tract is a remote, high-altitude border region in the Karakoram mountains, administered by China but claimed by India as part of Kashmir.
  • C. China National Highway 219
    China National Highway 219 is a remote strategic highway in western China that runs along the disputed border regions, including the Aksai Chin area contested with India.
  • D. Wakhan Corridor
    The Wakhan Corridor is a narrow, mountainous strip of northeastern Afghanistan that separates Tajikistan from Pakistan and connects Afghanistan to China.
  • E. Karakoram Highway
    The Karakoram Highway is a high-altitude international road linking Pakistan and China through the Karakoram mountain range, renowned as one of the world’s highest paved routes and a key part of the ancient Silk Road corridor.
  • 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: Yunnan–Tibet corridor
Triple: [Tea Horse Road, linkedTo, Yunnan–Tibet corridor]
Generated description
The Yunnan–Tibet corridor is a historic trans-Himalayan passage in southwest China that served as a key segment of ancient trade routes connecting Yunnan to Tibet across rugged, high-altitude terrain.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yunnan–Tibet corridor
Target entity description: The Yunnan–Tibet corridor is a historic trans-Himalayan passage in southwest China that served as a key segment of ancient trade routes connecting Yunnan to Tibet across rugged, high-altitude terrain.
  • A. Tea Horse Road chosen
    The Tea Horse Road was an ancient network of trade routes in Southwest China used primarily to transport tea to Tibet and beyond in exchange for horses, linking Chinese, Tibetan, and Southeast Asian cultures.
  • B. Trans-Karakoram Tract
    The Trans-Karakoram Tract is a remote, high-altitude border region in the Karakoram mountains, administered by China but claimed by India as part of Kashmir.
  • C. China National Highway 219
    China National Highway 219 is a remote strategic highway in western China that runs along the disputed border regions, including the Aksai Chin area contested with India.
  • D. Wakhan Corridor
    The Wakhan Corridor is a narrow, mountainous strip of northeastern Afghanistan that separates Tajikistan from Pakistan and connects Afghanistan to China.
  • E. Karakoram Highway
    The Karakoram Highway is a high-altitude international road linking Pakistan and China through the Karakoram mountain range, renowned as one of the world’s highest paved routes and a key part of the ancient Silk Road corridor.
  • F. None of above.

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_69aed9466d548190939f5217a23ed4ac completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeecad4bf081909ae45a69d22468fa completed March 9, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b51c8f299c8190a6a53ec59837b402 completed March 14, 2026, 8:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b51d51e52881908f798b12ee123d69 completed March 14, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b51dba68fc8190b02b0ca47f4f7803 completed March 14, 2026, 8:35 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:21 p.m.