Triple

T76276
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Caribbean E1523 entity
Predicate hasHistoricalEvent P2107 FINISHED
Object Atlantic slave trade
The Atlantic slave trade was a transoceanic system from the 16th to 19th centuries in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas and sold into chattel slavery, profoundly shaping the economic and social history of the Atlantic world.
E4882 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: Atlantic slave trade | Statement: [Caribbean, hasHistoricalEvent, Atlantic slave trade]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Atlantic slave trade
Context triple: [Caribbean, hasHistoricalEvent, Atlantic slave trade]
  • A. Columbian Exchange
    The Columbian Exchange was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, people, diseases, and ideas between the Americas and the rest of the world that reshaped global ecosystems, diets, populations, and economies.
  • B. The New World
    The New World is the second volume of Winston Churchill’s historical series "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples," covering the era of exploration, colonization, and the rise of Britain’s overseas empire.
  • C. Dutch Brazil
    Dutch Brazil was a short-lived 17th-century Dutch colony in northeastern Brazil, centered on Recife, that served as a key hub for the Atlantic sugar and slave trades.
  • D. Cape Colony
    Cape Colony was a former European settlement and strategic refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa that developed into a key hub of trade, migration, and colonial expansion.
  • E. Spanish Armada
    The Spanish Armada was a large 16th-century fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England, whose defeat marked a turning point in European naval power.
  • 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: Atlantic slave trade
Triple: [Caribbean, hasHistoricalEvent, Atlantic slave trade]
Generated description
The Atlantic slave trade was a transoceanic system from the 16th to 19th centuries in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas and sold into chattel slavery, profoundly shaping the economic and social history of the Atlantic world.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Atlantic slave trade
Target entity description: The Atlantic slave trade was a transoceanic system from the 16th to 19th centuries in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas and sold into chattel slavery, profoundly shaping the economic and social history of the Atlantic world.
  • A. Columbian Exchange
    The Columbian Exchange was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, people, diseases, and ideas between the Americas and the rest of the world that reshaped global ecosystems, diets, populations, and economies.
  • B. The New World
    The New World is the second volume of Winston Churchill’s historical series "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples," covering the era of exploration, colonization, and the rise of Britain’s overseas empire.
  • C. Dutch Brazil
    Dutch Brazil was a short-lived 17th-century Dutch colony in northeastern Brazil, centered on Recife, that served as a key hub for the Atlantic sugar and slave trades.
  • D. Cape Colony
    Cape Colony was a former European settlement and strategic refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa that developed into a key hub of trade, migration, and colonial expansion.
  • E. Spanish Armada
    The Spanish Armada was a large 16th-century fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England, whose defeat marked a turning point in European naval power.
  • 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_69a24c60d19c8190a1b6c105ca59ef5b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24f1d20b88190b66836cc018e52e1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a255522b0081909f8a02667108a6d3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a255ef9b1081909fe71530250bd68b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a256c673748190abb6b556701b4a2a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:45 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.