Triple
T9692550
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ancient China |
E234568
|
entity |
| Predicate | tradeRoute |
P3034
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Silk Road |
E14028
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Silk Road | Statement: [Ancient China, tradeRoute, Silk Road]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silk Road Context triple: [Ancient China, tradeRoute, Silk Road]
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A.
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.
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B.
Grand Trunk Road
The Grand Trunk Road is one of South Asia’s oldest and longest major highways, historically linking key cities across present-day Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan as a vital trade and military route.
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C.
The Royal Road
The Royal Road is a historic route name traditionally used for important long-distance roads that connected major cities or regions under royal or imperial authority.
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D.
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.
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E.
Incense Route
The Incense Route was an ancient network of desert trade paths used by caravans to transport frankincense, myrrh, spices, and other luxury goods between the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, and Mediterranean markets.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca84ca73208190957a900c8543bdcc |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9d05d70c8190b1ddcd24b50b4f50 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:32 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1911d33f081908637cbf4c1949bcd |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10:30 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:17 p.m.