Triple
T11114689
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Christopher Ehret |
E262854
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 BC to AD 400
An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 BC to AD 400 is a scholarly historical study by Christopher Ehret that reconstructs the political, economic, and cultural developments of eastern and southern Africa in the first millennium BC through late antiquity, situating the region within broader world history.
|
E905170
|
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: An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 BC to AD 400 | Statement: [Christopher Ehret, notableWork, An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 BC to AD 400]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 BC to AD 400 Context triple: [Christopher Ehret, notableWork, An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 BC to AD 400]
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A.
Classis Africana
Classis Africana was a Roman imperial fleet responsible for protecting sea routes and transporting grain and troops between North Africa and Italy.
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B.
The Challenge of Africa
The Challenge of Africa is a political and sociological study of post-colonial African development and governance written by Ghanaian scholar and statesman Kofi Abrefa Busia.
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C.
A History of Egypt
A History of Egypt is a seminal historical work by archaeologist Flinders Petrie that surveys the political and cultural development of ancient Egypt.
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D.
The Dawn of European Civilization
The Dawn of European Civilization is an influential archaeological and historical study by Vere Gordon Childe that traces the origins and development of early European societies.
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E.
The Physical World of Late Antiquity
The Physical World of Late Antiquity is a scholarly work by Shmuel Sambursky that examines how late antique thinkers understood and explained the nature and structure of the physical universe.
- 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: An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 BC to AD 400 Triple: [Christopher Ehret, notableWork, An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 BC to AD 400]
Generated description
An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 BC to AD 400 is a scholarly historical study by Christopher Ehret that reconstructs the political, economic, and cultural developments of eastern and southern Africa in the first millennium BC through late antiquity, situating the region within broader world history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 BC to AD 400 Target entity description: An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 BC to AD 400 is a scholarly historical study by Christopher Ehret that reconstructs the political, economic, and cultural developments of eastern and southern Africa in the first millennium BC through late antiquity, situating the region within broader world history.
-
A.
Classis Africana
Classis Africana was a Roman imperial fleet responsible for protecting sea routes and transporting grain and troops between North Africa and Italy.
-
B.
The Challenge of Africa
The Challenge of Africa is a political and sociological study of post-colonial African development and governance written by Ghanaian scholar and statesman Kofi Abrefa Busia.
-
C.
A History of Egypt
A History of Egypt is a seminal historical work by archaeologist Flinders Petrie that surveys the political and cultural development of ancient Egypt.
-
D.
The Dawn of European Civilization
The Dawn of European Civilization is an influential archaeological and historical study by Vere Gordon Childe that traces the origins and development of early European societies.
-
E.
The Physical World of Late Antiquity
The Physical World of Late Antiquity is a scholarly work by Shmuel Sambursky that examines how late antique thinkers understood and explained the nature and structure of the physical universe.
- 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_69d6aa9b46cc8190b19f9f0cc45bf322 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d79aa637888190935e852281408356 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e42d7da99881908d38ea66c37dfb92 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e42e67724481908bd9e73487a80d44 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:22 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e4308103c48190b32ee3047d9a0860 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:31 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.