Triple

T50581
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dutch East India Company E992 entity
Predicate mainPort P942 FINISHED
Object Middelburg
Middelburg is a historic Dutch city in the province of Zeeland that served as an important maritime and trading center during the era of the Dutch East India Company.
 E22119 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: Middelburg | Statement: [Dutch East India Company, mainPort, Middelburg]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Middelburg
Context triple: [Dutch East India Company, mainPort, Middelburg]
  • A. Nijmegen
    Nijmegen is a historic Dutch city near the German border that played a crucial strategic role during World War II, particularly in the Allied advance in 1944.
  • B. Groningen
    Groningen is a historic province in the northern Netherlands, known for its university city of the same name, flat landscapes, and rich maritime and agricultural heritage.
  • C. Rotterdam
    Rotterdam is a major Dutch port city known for having one of the world’s largest harbors and striking modern architecture.
  • D. Utrecht
    Utrecht is a historic city and province in the central Netherlands, known for its medieval old town, canals, and role as a religious and cultural center.
  • E. Leiden
    Leiden is a historic Dutch city in South Holland known for its prestigious university, rich cultural heritage, and well-preserved canals and old town.
  • 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: Middelburg
Triple: [Dutch East India Company, mainPort, Middelburg]
Generated description
Middelburg is a historic Dutch city in the province of Zeeland that served as an important maritime and trading center during the era of the Dutch East India Company.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Middelburg
Target entity description: Middelburg is a historic Dutch city in the province of Zeeland that served as an important maritime and trading center during the era of the Dutch East India Company.
  • A. Nijmegen
    Nijmegen is a historic Dutch city near the German border that played a crucial strategic role during World War II, particularly in the Allied advance in 1944.
  • B. Groningen
    Groningen is a historic province in the northern Netherlands, known for its university city of the same name, flat landscapes, and rich maritime and agricultural heritage.
  • C. Rotterdam
    Rotterdam is a major Dutch port city known for having one of the world’s largest harbors and striking modern architecture.
  • D. Utrecht
    Utrecht is a historic city and province in the central Netherlands, known for its medieval old town, canals, and role as a religious and cultural center.
  • E. Leiden
    Leiden is a historic Dutch city in South Holland known for its prestigious university, rich cultural heritage, and well-preserved canals and old town.
  • 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_69a2480baefc81909951b14058479aa2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24ec333fc8190b66776b947e0bdbd completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2eb7495ac819093ffa2a622cbd71e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2ec72092c8190bcc1efa7c0644560 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2ecba99cc8190a85dd5e9c531a6e3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:47 a.m.