Triple
T6024539
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ctesiphon |
E134142
|
entity |
| Predicate | presentIn |
P795
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sasanian royal road network
The Sasanian royal road network was an extensive system of imperial highways that connected major cities and frontiers across the Sasanian Empire, facilitating rapid military movement, administration, and long-distance trade.
|
E2313
|
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: Sasanian royal road network | Statement: [Ctesiphon, presentIn, Sasanian royal road network]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sasanian royal road network Context triple: [Ctesiphon, presentIn, Sasanian royal road network]
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A.
The Royal Road
The Royal Road is a historic route name traditionally used for important long-distance roads that connected major cities or regions under royal or imperial authority.
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B.
Trans-Iranian Railway
The Trans-Iranian Railway is a historic north–south rail line completed in the 1930s that links the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea, playing a crucial role in Iran’s transportation network and in Allied logistics during World War II.
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C.
Damascus–Baghdad road
The Damascus–Baghdad road is a major highway linking the capitals of Syria and Iraq, long serving as a key corridor for regional trade, travel, and military logistics.
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D.
Silk Road routes
Silk Road routes were ancient trade networks connecting East Asia with the Mediterranean and other regions, facilitating the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas across Eurasia.
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E.
Grand Trunk Road
The Grand Trunk Road is one of South Asia’s oldest and longest major highways, historically linking key cities across present-day Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan as a vital trade and military route.
- 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: Sasanian royal road network Triple: [Ctesiphon, presentIn, Sasanian royal road network]
Generated description
The Sasanian royal road network was an extensive system of imperial highways that connected major cities and frontiers across the Sasanian Empire, facilitating rapid military movement, administration, and long-distance trade.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sasanian royal road network Target entity description: The Sasanian royal road network was an extensive system of imperial highways that connected major cities and frontiers across the Sasanian Empire, facilitating rapid military movement, administration, and long-distance trade.
-
A.
The Royal Road
chosen
The Royal Road is a historic route name traditionally used for important long-distance roads that connected major cities or regions under royal or imperial authority.
-
B.
Trans-Iranian Railway
The Trans-Iranian Railway is a historic north–south rail line completed in the 1930s that links the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea, playing a crucial role in Iran’s transportation network and in Allied logistics during World War II.
-
C.
Damascus–Baghdad road
The Damascus–Baghdad road is a major highway linking the capitals of Syria and Iraq, long serving as a key corridor for regional trade, travel, and military logistics.
-
D.
Silk Road routes
Silk Road routes were ancient trade networks connecting East Asia with the Mediterranean and other regions, facilitating the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas across Eurasia.
-
E.
Grand Trunk Road
The Grand Trunk Road is one of South Asia’s oldest and longest major highways, historically linking key cities across present-day Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan as a vital trade and military route.
- 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_69c008742a5c8190b9cb9c2787a3d8b3 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c04fbf048081908b0da0cf838730a5 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c11371ceb88190b0c2d4218ed0327a |
completed | March 23, 2026, 10:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c11400ddf08190b99943ada6ff2703 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 10:20 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c1147e55fc81909225e1fe9e3eeec4 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 10:22 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:07 p.m.