Triple
T803140
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ningbo-Zhoushan Port |
E17171
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Maritime Silk Road
The Maritime Silk Road is an ancient and modern network of sea routes linking East Asia with Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, facilitating extensive trade and cultural exchange across the oceans.
|
E14028
|
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: Maritime Silk Road | Statement: [Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, partOf, Maritime Silk Road]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maritime Silk Road Context triple: [Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, partOf, Maritime Silk Road]
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A.
Indian Ocean trade network
The Indian Ocean trade network was a vast, centuries-long maritime system connecting East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia through the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas driven by monsoon winds.
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B.
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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C.
Mediterranean trade routes
Mediterranean trade routes were a network of maritime and coastal pathways that connected Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, facilitating extensive commercial, cultural, and disease transmission across the Mediterranean Sea.
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D.
Asia–Caribbean shipping routes
Asia–Caribbean shipping routes are major maritime trade corridors linking ports across East and Southeast Asia with destinations in the Caribbean basin for the transport of containerized and bulk cargo.
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E.
Tea Horse Road
The Tea Horse Road was an ancient network of trade routes in Southwest China used primarily to transport tea to Tibet and beyond in exchange for horses, linking Chinese, Tibetan, and Southeast Asian cultures.
- 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: Maritime Silk Road Triple: [Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, partOf, Maritime Silk Road]
Generated description
The Maritime Silk Road is an ancient and modern network of sea routes linking East Asia with Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, facilitating extensive trade and cultural exchange across the oceans.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maritime Silk Road Target entity description: The Maritime Silk Road is an ancient and modern network of sea routes linking East Asia with Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, facilitating extensive trade and cultural exchange across the oceans.
-
A.
Indian Ocean trade network
The Indian Ocean trade network was a vast, centuries-long maritime system connecting East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia through the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas driven by monsoon winds.
-
B.
Silk Road routes
chosen
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.
-
C.
Mediterranean trade routes
Mediterranean trade routes were a network of maritime and coastal pathways that connected Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, facilitating extensive commercial, cultural, and disease transmission across the Mediterranean Sea.
-
D.
Asia–Caribbean shipping routes
Asia–Caribbean shipping routes are major maritime trade corridors linking ports across East and Southeast Asia with destinations in the Caribbean basin for the transport of containerized and bulk cargo.
-
E.
Tea Horse Road
The Tea Horse Road was an ancient network of trade routes in Southwest China used primarily to transport tea to Tibet and beyond in exchange for horses, linking Chinese, Tibetan, and Southeast Asian cultures.
- 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_69a49378b9c48190adbf5f62e5b7aca1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4aabd9fc081908ccadd8e8769de2d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a68926c04081908923a7d114d1842d |
completed | March 3, 2026, 7:09 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a693cf5f348190868cdf3539274aeb |
completed | March 3, 2026, 7:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a6d5bc74008190b94ef7ea63f39671 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 12:36 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.