Triple

T9461931
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Port Natal E228167 entity
Predicate usedBy P260 FINISHED
Object Portuguese navigators
Portuguese navigators were early modern seafarers and explorers from Portugal who pioneered oceanic exploration routes around Africa, Asia, and the Americas during the Age of Discovery.
E800965 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: Portuguese navigators | Statement: [Port Natal, usedBy, Portuguese navigators]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portuguese navigators
Context triple: [Port Natal, usedBy, Portuguese navigators]
  • A. Pedro Álvares Cabral
    Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese navigator and fleet commander best known for leading the 1500 voyage that resulted in the European discovery of Brazil.
  • B. Gonçalo Velho Cabral
    Gonçalo Velho Cabral was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer credited with the early discovery and settlement of several islands in the Azores under the patronage of Prince Henry the Navigator.
  • C. Diogo Cão
    Diogo Cão was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer known for pioneering voyages along the west coast of Africa during the Age of Discovery.
  • D. Bartolomeu Dias
    Bartolomeu Dias was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator best known for being the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa, opening the sea route from Europe to Asia.
  • E. Bartolomeu Perestrelo
    Bartolomeu Perestrelo was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and colonizer who served as the first captain-donatary of the island of Porto Santo in the Madeira archipelago.
  • 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: Portuguese navigators
Triple: [Port Natal, usedBy, Portuguese navigators]
Generated description
Portuguese navigators were early modern seafarers and explorers from Portugal who pioneered oceanic exploration routes around Africa, Asia, and the Americas during the Age of Discovery.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portuguese navigators
Target entity description: Portuguese navigators were early modern seafarers and explorers from Portugal who pioneered oceanic exploration routes around Africa, Asia, and the Americas during the Age of Discovery.
  • A. Pedro Álvares Cabral
    Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese navigator and fleet commander best known for leading the 1500 voyage that resulted in the European discovery of Brazil.
  • B. Gonçalo Velho Cabral
    Gonçalo Velho Cabral was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer credited with the early discovery and settlement of several islands in the Azores under the patronage of Prince Henry the Navigator.
  • C. Diogo Cão
    Diogo Cão was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer known for pioneering voyages along the west coast of Africa during the Age of Discovery.
  • D. Bartolomeu Dias
    Bartolomeu Dias was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator best known for being the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa, opening the sea route from Europe to Asia.
  • E. Bartolomeu Perestrelo
    Bartolomeu Perestrelo was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and colonizer who served as the first captain-donatary of the island of Porto Santo in the Madeira archipelago.
  • 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_69ca843b123881909b0e60028475d12d completed March 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd7fcc8b1881908aa6ee13ab195330 completed April 1, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1229ec9448190bac9b7a38e030833 completed April 4, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1245db2e48190a56a797a681316d9 completed April 4, 2026, 2:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d124c2a48c819098a24dd2aac734e1 completed April 4, 2026, 2:48 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:53 p.m.