Triple

T12104217
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Canopic branch of the Nile E288261 entity
Predicate nearbySettlement P350 FINISHED
Object Heracleion
Heracleion was an ancient Egyptian port city near the mouth of the Nile that once served as a major trading hub and religious center before sinking into the Mediterranean Sea.
E964987 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: Heracleion | Statement: [Canopic branch of the Nile, nearbySettlement, Heracleion]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heracleion
Context triple: [Canopic branch of the Nile, nearbySettlement, Heracleion]
  • A. Pithekoussai
    Pithekoussai was an important early Greek settlement in the western Mediterranean, located on the island of Ischia off the coast of Italy and known for its role in trade and cultural exchange.
  • B. Tanis
    Tanis is an ancient city in the Nile Delta of Egypt that served as a significant religious and political center, particularly associated with the worship of major deities like Set and Amun.
  • C. Motya
    Motya was an important ancient Phoenician island city and trading hub located off the western coast of Sicily.
  • D. Kekova Sunken City
    Kekova Sunken City is an ancient Lycian settlement partially submerged off the coast of southern Turkey, famous for its visible underwater ruins and boat-accessible archaeological remains.
  • E. Samothrace
    Samothrace is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea, renowned for its rugged terrain, ancient sanctuaries, and the discovery of the famous Hellenistic sculpture Nike of Samothrace.
  • 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: Heracleion
Triple: [Canopic branch of the Nile, nearbySettlement, Heracleion]
Generated description
Heracleion was an ancient Egyptian port city near the mouth of the Nile that once served as a major trading hub and religious center before sinking into the Mediterranean Sea.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heracleion
Target entity description: Heracleion was an ancient Egyptian port city near the mouth of the Nile that once served as a major trading hub and religious center before sinking into the Mediterranean Sea.
  • A. Pithekoussai
    Pithekoussai was an important early Greek settlement in the western Mediterranean, located on the island of Ischia off the coast of Italy and known for its role in trade and cultural exchange.
  • B. Tanis
    Tanis is an ancient city in the Nile Delta of Egypt that served as a significant religious and political center, particularly associated with the worship of major deities like Set and Amun.
  • C. Motya
    Motya was an important ancient Phoenician island city and trading hub located off the western coast of Sicily.
  • D. Kekova Sunken City
    Kekova Sunken City is an ancient Lycian settlement partially submerged off the coast of southern Turkey, famous for its visible underwater ruins and boat-accessible archaeological remains.
  • E. Samothrace
    Samothrace is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea, renowned for its rugged terrain, ancient sanctuaries, and the discovery of the famous Hellenistic sculpture Nike of Samothrace.
  • 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_69d6ab4a5c448190a110d1273314b21a completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d915568b9881909fc9edacefb86409 completed April 10, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f5f677039481908f14fa12b9b86910 completed May 2, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f600b6769481909d0308c8f77b2ef3 completed May 2, 2026, 1:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f601e7f3b0819098a2245b9f9316b9 completed May 2, 2026, 1:53 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:48 p.m.