Triple

T11423262
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Proto-Niger–Congo E270680 entity
Predicate hasDescendantRegion P99229 FINISHED
Object West Africa E12611 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: West Africa | Statement: [Proto-Niger–Congo, hasDescendantRegion, West Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Africa
Context triple: [Proto-Niger–Congo, hasDescendantRegion, West Africa]
  • A. West Africa chosen
    West Africa is a region on the western coast of the African continent, historically significant for its role in trans-Saharan and Atlantic trade, diverse cultures and languages, and complex precolonial and colonial histories.
  • B. Sub-Saharan Africa
    Sub-Saharan Africa is the geographically expansive and culturally diverse region of Africa located south of the Sahara Desert, encompassing dozens of countries with rapidly growing populations and economies.
  • C. Central Africa
    Central Africa is a subregion of the African continent that encompasses several landlocked and coastal countries characterized by vast rainforests, the Congo River basin, and significant cultural and linguistic diversity.
  • D. Africa
    Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most populous continent, known for its vast cultural diversity, rich natural resources, and significant historical and ecological importance.
  • E. Trans-Saharan Africa
    Trans-Saharan Africa is the vast region spanning the Sahara Desert and its surrounding countries in North and West Africa, historically significant for trade routes and contemporary security and counterterrorism operations.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasDescendantRegion
Context triple: [Proto-Niger–Congo, hasDescendantRegion, West Africa]
  • A. hasSubdivisionSuccessor
    Indicates that one administrative or territorial subdivision directly succeeds another in an ordered sequence or historical progression.
  • B. isInSubregion
    Indicates that one region or area is located within the boundaries of another, more specific subregion.
  • C. hasSubregionStatus
    Indicates that one region holds an official or defined status as a subregion within a larger geographic or administrative area.
  • D. hasDescendantCommunitiesIn
    Indicates that a community has descendant or subordinate communities located within a specified place or region.
  • E. hasHigherLevelRegion
    Indicates that one region is geographically or administratively contained within and subordinate to a larger, higher-level region.
  • 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_69d6aadeef688190874bcecd88b3dd9b completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d801b357e88190ace56d36a945688f completed April 9, 2026, 7:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5d33ad50c8190982b00aab09098a1 completed April 20, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d7e71436f88190ac7e45a04ea5c987 completed April 9, 2026, 5:51 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69d80010712c819089ea2e31e664abe1 completed April 9, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.