Triple

T21194748
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition E522297 entity
Predicate notableSiteInvestigated P143508 FINISHED
Object Mirān
Mirān is an ancient oasis settlement in the Lop Desert of western China, known for its Buddhist ruins, fortifications, and important archaeological finds along the southern Silk Road.
 E1472980 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: Mirān | Statement: [Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition, notableSiteInvestigated, Mirān]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mirān
Context triple: [Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition, notableSiteInvestigated, Mirān]
  • A. Miranshah
    Miranshah was a son of the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) who served as one of his key governors and military commanders in the Timurid Empire.
  • B. Miranshah
    Miranshah is the main administrative and commercial town of North Waziristan in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near the border with Afghanistan.
  • C. Parviz
    Parviz is a masculine given name of Persian origin commonly used in Iran and among Persian-speaking communities.
  • D. Mohammadzai
    Mohammadzai is a prominent Pashtun tribal clan from Afghanistan historically associated with the Barakzai dynasty and rulers such as Emir Dost Mohammad Khan.
  • E. Mirza
    Mirza is a historical noble title of Persian and Central Asian origin, commonly borne by princes and high-ranking members of royal and aristocratic families.
  • 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: Mirān
Triple: [Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition, notableSiteInvestigated, Mirān]
Generated description
Mirān is an ancient oasis settlement in the Lop Desert of western China, known for its Buddhist ruins, fortifications, and important archaeological finds along the southern Silk Road.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mirān
Target entity description: Mirān is an ancient oasis settlement in the Lop Desert of western China, known for its Buddhist ruins, fortifications, and important archaeological finds along the southern Silk Road.
  • A. Miranshah
    Miranshah is the main administrative and commercial town of North Waziristan in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near the border with Afghanistan.
  • B. Miranshah
    Miranshah was a son of the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) who served as one of his key governors and military commanders in the Timurid Empire.
  • C. Parviz
    Parviz is a masculine given name of Persian origin commonly used in Iran and among Persian-speaking communities.
  • D. Mohammadzai
    Mohammadzai is a prominent Pashtun tribal clan from Afghanistan historically associated with the Barakzai dynasty and rulers such as Emir Dost Mohammad Khan.
  • E. Mirza
    Mirza is a historical noble title of Persian and Central Asian origin, commonly borne by princes and high-ranking members of royal and aristocratic families.
  • 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_69e0b51061388190aa03f19700d3ef04 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e7333aa0fc81909b17eb6a26f389ec completed April 21, 2026, 8:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0986ddf7c4819082c3fc3c7d47993a completed May 17, 2026, 9:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09883271c08190aaf046130c9b2698 completed May 17, 2026, 9:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0988a7c9b081909688dba71dbce654 completed May 17, 2026, 9:21 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 3:08 p.m.