Triple

T7078301
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Port of Las Palmas E164879 entity
Predicate locatedOnShippingRoute P42526 FINISHED
Object Europe–West Africa route
The Europe–West Africa route is a major maritime shipping corridor linking European ports with those along the West African coast, facilitating significant trade and cargo traffic between the two regions.
E350352 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Europe–West Africa route | Statement: [Port of Las Palmas, locatedOnShippingRoute, Europe–West Africa route]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Europe–West Africa route
Context triple: [Port of Las Palmas, locatedOnShippingRoute, Europe–West Africa route]
  • A. Trans-Saharan belt
    The Trans-Saharan belt is a major Neoproterozoic orogenic zone in North and West Africa, formed during the Pan-African orogeny and characterized by extensive metamorphic and igneous rock assemblages.
  • B. Trans-Saharan trade routes
    The Trans-Saharan trade routes were a network of caravan paths across the Sahara Desert that linked West and North Africa, facilitating the exchange of gold, salt, slaves, and other goods and fostering the rise of powerful African empires.
  • C. Europe–Africa transport network
    The Europe–Africa transport network is a system of interconnected ports, shipping routes, and logistics corridors that facilitate trade and passenger movement between the European and African continents.
  • D. Palearctic–African migratory route
    The Palearctic–African migratory route is a major bird migration corridor linking breeding grounds in Europe and northern Asia with wintering areas in Africa.
  • E. Trans-Saharan Africa
    Trans-Saharan Africa is the vast region spanning the Sahara Desert and its surrounding countries in North and West Africa, historically significant for trade routes and contemporary security and counterterrorism operations.
  • 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: Europe–West Africa route
Triple: [Port of Las Palmas, locatedOnShippingRoute, Europe–West Africa route]
Generated description
The Europe–West Africa route is a major maritime shipping corridor linking European ports with those along the West African coast, facilitating significant trade and cargo traffic between the two regions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Europe–West Africa route
Target entity description: The Europe–West Africa route is a major maritime shipping corridor linking European ports with those along the West African coast, facilitating significant trade and cargo traffic between the two regions.
  • A. Trans-Saharan belt
    The Trans-Saharan belt is a major Neoproterozoic orogenic zone in North and West Africa, formed during the Pan-African orogeny and characterized by extensive metamorphic and igneous rock assemblages.
  • B. Trans-Saharan trade routes
    The Trans-Saharan trade routes were a network of caravan paths across the Sahara Desert that linked West and North Africa, facilitating the exchange of gold, salt, slaves, and other goods and fostering the rise of powerful African empires.
  • C. Europe–Africa transport network chosen
    The Europe–Africa transport network is a system of interconnected ports, shipping routes, and logistics corridors that facilitate trade and passenger movement between the European and African continents.
  • D. Palearctic–African migratory route
    The Palearctic–African migratory route is a major bird migration corridor linking breeding grounds in Europe and northern Asia with wintering areas in Africa.
  • E. Trans-Saharan Africa
    Trans-Saharan Africa is the vast region spanning the Sahara Desert and its surrounding countries in North and West Africa, historically significant for trade routes and contemporary security and counterterrorism operations.
  • F. None of above.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: locatedOnShippingRoute
Context triple: [Port of Las Palmas, locatedOnShippingRoute, Europe–West Africa route]
  • A. locatedOnRouteTo
    Indicates that one entity lies along the path or course taken when traveling from a starting point to a specified destination.
  • B. locatedAlong
    Indicates that one entity is situated adjacent to, or running beside, the length or course of another linear feature (such as a road, river, or railway).
  • C. containsShippingRoute
    Indicates that one location or area includes within its boundaries a shipping route used for transporting goods or vessels.
  • D. isOnFreightRoute chosen
    Indicates that something lies along or is included within a designated freight transportation route used for moving goods.
  • E. isPartOfRoute
    Indicates that something (such as a segment, stop, or step) belongs to and is contained within a larger route.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69c6887cbc6c8190bdfac42d940f4d8a completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e4ee29288190a9a3fa7a6c713d8f completed March 27, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7946dbf048190a6307fefeb1dd6a9 completed March 28, 2026, 8:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7955aefdc8190ab38d93097502ec1 completed March 28, 2026, 8:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c795beba2c8190983f871c42f9b72e completed March 28, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69c6e1bfcb948190a5ada74fb8c054cb completed March 27, 2026, 8 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:40 p.m.