Triple

T762390
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mactan E16099 entity
Predicate surroundedBy P224 FINISHED
Object Mactan Channel
Mactan Channel is a narrow strait in the central Philippines that separates Mactan Island from Cebu Island and serves as an important maritime passage and harbor area.
E115453 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: Mactan Channel | Statement: [Mactan, surroundedBy, Mactan Channel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mactan Channel
Context triple: [Mactan, surroundedBy, Mactan Channel]
  • A. Luzon Strait
    The Luzon Strait is a strategically important body of water between Taiwan and the Philippines that connects the South China Sea with the Philippine Sea in the western Pacific Ocean.
  • B. Manila Bay
    Manila Bay is a natural harbor on the western coast of Luzon in the Philippines, historically significant as a strategic maritime gateway and site of major naval battles.
  • C. Lombok Strait
    Lombok Strait is a deep, narrow waterway between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok that serves as a major international shipping route and alternative passage to the nearby Strait of Malacca.
  • D. Bali Strait
    The Bali Strait is a narrow body of water separating the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali, serving as an important local shipping and ferry route.
  • E. Mona Passage
    The Mona Passage is a strait in the Caribbean Sea that separates the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, serving as a key shipping route and a challenging stretch of water for navigation.
  • 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: Mactan Channel
Triple: [Mactan, surroundedBy, Mactan Channel]
Generated description
Mactan Channel is a narrow strait in the central Philippines that separates Mactan Island from Cebu Island and serves as an important maritime passage and harbor area.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mactan Channel
Target entity description: Mactan Channel is a narrow strait in the central Philippines that separates Mactan Island from Cebu Island and serves as an important maritime passage and harbor area.
  • A. Luzon Strait
    The Luzon Strait is a strategically important body of water between Taiwan and the Philippines that connects the South China Sea with the Philippine Sea in the western Pacific Ocean.
  • B. Manila Bay
    Manila Bay is a natural harbor on the western coast of Luzon in the Philippines, historically significant as a strategic maritime gateway and site of major naval battles.
  • C. Lombok Strait
    Lombok Strait is a deep, narrow waterway between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok that serves as a major international shipping route and alternative passage to the nearby Strait of Malacca.
  • D. Bali Strait
    The Bali Strait is a narrow body of water separating the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali, serving as an important local shipping and ferry route.
  • E. Mona Passage
    The Mona Passage is a strait in the Caribbean Sea that separates the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, serving as a key shipping route and a challenging stretch of water for navigation.
  • 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_69a493684ee48190bd43b7c78da4aec8 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a6841f388190a6d08c3bf5c17fe4 completed March 1, 2026, 8:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac1ccab5bc819099c0f060147c8f27 completed March 7, 2026, 12:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac1d5960408190bf7dd3b8b64709db completed March 7, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac1dc56f7481909eb1ffb6b24db39f completed March 7, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.