Triple
T702480
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Silk Road routes |
E14028
|
entity |
| Predicate | majorCityOnRoute |
P3940
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Kashgar
Kashgar is an ancient oasis city in western China’s Xinjiang region that long served as a key cultural and commercial crossroads between East and West.
|
E89243
|
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: Kashgar | Statement: [Silk Road routes, majorCityOnRoute, Kashgar]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kashgar Context triple: [Silk Road routes, majorCityOnRoute, Kashgar]
-
A.
Andijan
Andijan is a historic city in eastern Uzbekistan, known as a major cultural and economic center of the Fergana Valley and as the birthplace of the Mughal emperor Babur.
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B.
Gwadar
Gwadar is a strategic deep-sea port city in southwestern Pakistan that serves as a key maritime hub on the Arabian Sea and a central component of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor.
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C.
Tashkent
Tashkent is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan, a major cultural and economic hub in Central Asia with deep historical ties to the Islamic world.
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D.
Samarkand
Samarkand is an ancient Silk Road city in present-day Uzbekistan renowned for its Timurid-era Islamic architecture and role as a major cultural and commercial center of Central Asia.
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E.
Shymkent
Shymkent is one of the largest and most populous cities in southern Kazakhstan, serving as a key industrial, commercial, and cultural center of the region.
- 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: Kashgar Triple: [Silk Road routes, majorCityOnRoute, Kashgar]
Generated description
Kashgar is an ancient oasis city in western China’s Xinjiang region that long served as a key cultural and commercial crossroads between East and West.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kashgar Target entity description: Kashgar is an ancient oasis city in western China’s Xinjiang region that long served as a key cultural and commercial crossroads between East and West.
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A.
Andijan
Andijan is a historic city in eastern Uzbekistan, known as a major cultural and economic center of the Fergana Valley and as the birthplace of the Mughal emperor Babur.
-
B.
Gwadar
Gwadar is a strategic deep-sea port city in southwestern Pakistan that serves as a key maritime hub on the Arabian Sea and a central component of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor.
-
C.
Tashkent
Tashkent is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan, a major cultural and economic hub in Central Asia with deep historical ties to the Islamic world.
-
D.
Samarkand
Samarkand is an ancient Silk Road city in present-day Uzbekistan renowned for its Timurid-era Islamic architecture and role as a major cultural and commercial center of Central Asia.
-
E.
Shymkent
Shymkent is one of the largest and most populous cities in southern Kazakhstan, serving as a key industrial, commercial, and cultural center of the region.
- 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_69a493494ec48190ae6751683625a9ba |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4aa9a1dcc81908bdb7b960765fde5 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a654dace34819094c74f7c6ff4716c |
completed | March 3, 2026, 3:26 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a65a8040f08190a60f3f0e80deebe5 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 3:50 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a65aea47e88190b3a14dc7f8801445 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 3:52 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.