Triple
T5385379
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Balkh |
E120189
|
entity |
| Predicate | knownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bactra
Bactra is the ancient name of Balkh, a historically significant city in northern Afghanistan that was a major center of trade, culture, and religion along the Silk Road.
|
E515452
|
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: Bactra | Statement: [Balkh, knownAs, Bactra]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bactra Context triple: [Balkh, knownAs, Bactra]
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A.
Panticapaeum
Panticapaeum was an important ancient Greek city and trading center on the Cimmerian Bosporus, located where the modern city of Kerch in Crimea now stands.
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B.
Tushpa
Tushpa was the ancient fortified city on the eastern shore of Lake Van that served as the political and cultural center of the Kingdom of Urartu in the early first millennium BCE.
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C.
Selymbria
Selymbria was an ancient Greek colony on the Propontis (Sea of Marmara), known as a coastal city strategically located near the later site of Constantinople.
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D.
Anazarbus
Anazarbus was an important ancient city in the region of Cilicia, in what is now southern Turkey, known for its strategic location and impressive fortifications.
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E.
Gerrha
Gerrha was an ancient, wealthy trading city-state in Eastern Arabia that controlled key caravan and maritime routes linking Mesopotamia, Arabia, and the Indian Ocean.
- 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: Bactra Triple: [Balkh, knownAs, Bactra]
Generated description
Bactra is the ancient name of Balkh, a historically significant city in northern Afghanistan that was a major center of trade, culture, and religion along the Silk Road.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bactra Target entity description: Bactra is the ancient name of Balkh, a historically significant city in northern Afghanistan that was a major center of trade, culture, and religion along the Silk Road.
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A.
Panticapaeum
Panticapaeum was an important ancient Greek city and trading center on the Cimmerian Bosporus, located where the modern city of Kerch in Crimea now stands.
-
B.
Tushpa
Tushpa was the ancient fortified city on the eastern shore of Lake Van that served as the political and cultural center of the Kingdom of Urartu in the early first millennium BCE.
-
C.
Selymbria
Selymbria was an ancient Greek colony on the Propontis (Sea of Marmara), known as a coastal city strategically located near the later site of Constantinople.
-
D.
Anazarbus
Anazarbus was an important ancient city in the region of Cilicia, in what is now southern Turkey, known for its strategic location and impressive fortifications.
-
E.
Gerrha
Gerrha was an ancient, wealthy trading city-state in Eastern Arabia that controlled key caravan and maritime routes linking Mesopotamia, Arabia, and the Indian Ocean.
- 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_69bd46354c648190a38b26f107010a96 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd86f5a7388190aa4ba2052afca74e |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf295352988190a48d3f9db56fcaf8 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:27 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf29f4c56481908d3f83ec6e7ba96a |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:29 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf2ab19a50819098ef5a611daa8cd6 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:33 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:03 p.m.