Triple

T547535
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Indian Ocean trade network E12764 entity
Predicate majorPort P528 FINISHED
Object Kilwa Kisiwani
Kilwa Kisiwani is a historic Swahili coastal city-state in present-day Tanzania that flourished as a powerful center of Indian Ocean trade between Africa, Arabia, and Asia from the medieval period onward.
E68268 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: Kilwa Kisiwani | Statement: [Indian Ocean trade network, majorPort, Kilwa Kisiwani]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kilwa Kisiwani
Context triple: [Indian Ocean trade network, majorPort, Kilwa Kisiwani]
  • A. Erg Chigaga
    Erg Chigaga is a vast, remote dune field in southern Morocco known for its towering sand dunes and desert wilderness landscapes.
  • B. Mombasa
    Mombasa is a major coastal city in Kenya known as a key regional port and historic trading hub on the Indian Ocean.
  • C. Arusha, Tanzania
    Arusha, Tanzania is a major city in northern Tanzania known as a diplomatic hub and gateway to popular safari destinations and Mount Kilimanjaro.
  • D. Kibondo
    Kibondo is a town in western Tanzania that serves as an administrative and commercial center in the Kigoma Region.
  • E. Kigoma
    Kigoma is a port city in western Tanzania located on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika and serving as a key regional transport and trade hub.
  • 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: Kilwa Kisiwani
Triple: [Indian Ocean trade network, majorPort, Kilwa Kisiwani]
Generated description
Kilwa Kisiwani is a historic Swahili coastal city-state in present-day Tanzania that flourished as a powerful center of Indian Ocean trade between Africa, Arabia, and Asia from the medieval period onward.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kilwa Kisiwani
Target entity description: Kilwa Kisiwani is a historic Swahili coastal city-state in present-day Tanzania that flourished as a powerful center of Indian Ocean trade between Africa, Arabia, and Asia from the medieval period onward.
  • A. Erg Chigaga
    Erg Chigaga is a vast, remote dune field in southern Morocco known for its towering sand dunes and desert wilderness landscapes.
  • B. Mombasa
    Mombasa is a major coastal city in Kenya known as a key regional port and historic trading hub on the Indian Ocean.
  • C. Arusha, Tanzania
    Arusha, Tanzania is a major city in northern Tanzania known as a diplomatic hub and gateway to popular safari destinations and Mount Kilimanjaro.
  • D. Kibondo
    Kibondo is a town in western Tanzania that serves as an administrative and commercial center in the Kigoma Region.
  • E. Kigoma
    Kigoma is a port city in western Tanzania located on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika and serving as a key regional transport and trade hub.
  • 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_69a49334226c81908b0ea1689ef6aa3f completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a498e2e8c88190a66d759ed3094e18 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4d044b03c8190b7c87b0da05e4d6e completed March 1, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4d0daca588190a6a1865ae3d12c71 completed March 1, 2026, 11:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4d18801248190afedd4ea5f718bd7 completed March 1, 2026, 11:53 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.