Triple

T5221287
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Swahili Coast E117874 entity
Predicate majorCity P316 FINISHED
Object Pemba
Pemba is a historically significant coastal city on the Swahili Coast, known as a regional hub of trade and Swahili culture along the Indian Ocean.
E504149 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: Pemba | Statement: [Swahili Coast, majorCity, Pemba]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pemba
Context triple: [Swahili Coast, majorCity, Pemba]
  • A. Zanzibar
    Zanzibar is a historically significant island and port off the coast of East Africa that became a key hub for Indian Ocean trade, particularly in spices, ivory, and slaves.
  • B. Kilwa Island
    Kilwa Island is a coastal island in southeastern Tanzania best known for the historic Swahili trading city of Kilwa Kisiwani and its UNESCO-listed medieval ruins.
  • C. Mombasa Island
    Mombasa Island is a coastal island in southeastern Kenya that hosts much of the city of Mombasa, including its historic Old Town and key port facilities.
  • D. Vilankulo
    Vilankulo is a coastal town in southern Mozambique known as the main gateway to the nearby Bazaruto Archipelago and its popular beach and marine tourism.
  • E. Hulhumalé
    Hulhumalé is a reclaimed island and planned urban development in the Maldives, created to expand housing and infrastructure near the capital, Malé.
  • 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: Pemba
Triple: [Swahili Coast, majorCity, Pemba]
Generated description
Pemba is a historically significant coastal city on the Swahili Coast, known as a regional hub of trade and Swahili culture along the Indian Ocean.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pemba
Target entity description: Pemba is a historically significant coastal city on the Swahili Coast, known as a regional hub of trade and Swahili culture along the Indian Ocean.
  • A. Zanzibar
    Zanzibar is a historically significant island and port off the coast of East Africa that became a key hub for Indian Ocean trade, particularly in spices, ivory, and slaves.
  • B. Kilwa Island
    Kilwa Island is a coastal island in southeastern Tanzania best known for the historic Swahili trading city of Kilwa Kisiwani and its UNESCO-listed medieval ruins.
  • C. Mombasa Island
    Mombasa Island is a coastal island in southeastern Kenya that hosts much of the city of Mombasa, including its historic Old Town and key port facilities.
  • D. Vilankulo
    Vilankulo is a coastal town in southern Mozambique known as the main gateway to the nearby Bazaruto Archipelago and its popular beach and marine tourism.
  • E. Hulhumalé
    Hulhumalé is a reclaimed island and planned urban development in the Maldives, created to expand housing and infrastructure near the capital, Malé.
  • 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_69bd4465e03081909bfcfd7113062590 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7aba05b48190b6a7fc52ab3532f0 completed March 20, 2026, 4:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beeff49d708190a042dfab473a9646 completed March 21, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bef309c230819094ed6ae3fefe6e5b completed March 21, 2026, 7:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bef36c88f4819082931dbe1bb13f89 completed March 21, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:48 p.m.