Triple
T11436719
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chewa people |
E271026
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalPolity |
P8531
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Maravi Empire
The Maravi Empire was a powerful precolonial Central African state that flourished from about the 15th to 18th centuries in the region of present-day Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, serving as an important center of trade and culture for the Chewa and related peoples.
|
E926102
|
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: Maravi Empire | Statement: [Chewa people, historicalPolity, Maravi Empire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maravi Empire Context triple: [Chewa people, historicalPolity, Maravi Empire]
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A.
Songhai Empire
The Songhai Empire was a powerful and wealthy medieval West African state centered along the Niger River, renowned for its control of trans-Saharan trade and cities like Gao and Timbuktu.
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B.
Bambara Empire
The Bambara Empire was a powerful 17th–19th century West African state centered in present-day Mali, known for its military expansion, vibrant trade, and rich Bambara cultural traditions.
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C.
Mutapa Kingdom
The Mutapa Kingdom was a powerful Shona state in south-central Africa, renowned for its control of regional gold trade and its political dominance following the decline of Great Zimbabwe.
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D.
Mali Empire
The Mali Empire was a powerful medieval West African state renowned for its wealth, trans-Saharan trade networks, and centers of Islamic learning such as Timbuktu.
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E.
Kalahari Kingdom
Kalahari Kingdom is an African-themed zoo exhibit at Franklin Park Zoo that showcases animals and habitats inspired by the Kalahari Desert region.
- 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: Maravi Empire Triple: [Chewa people, historicalPolity, Maravi Empire]
Generated description
The Maravi Empire was a powerful precolonial Central African state that flourished from about the 15th to 18th centuries in the region of present-day Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, serving as an important center of trade and culture for the Chewa and related peoples.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maravi Empire Target entity description: The Maravi Empire was a powerful precolonial Central African state that flourished from about the 15th to 18th centuries in the region of present-day Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, serving as an important center of trade and culture for the Chewa and related peoples.
-
A.
Songhai Empire
The Songhai Empire was a powerful and wealthy medieval West African state centered along the Niger River, renowned for its control of trans-Saharan trade and cities like Gao and Timbuktu.
-
B.
Bambara Empire
The Bambara Empire was a powerful 17th–19th century West African state centered in present-day Mali, known for its military expansion, vibrant trade, and rich Bambara cultural traditions.
-
C.
Mutapa Kingdom
The Mutapa Kingdom was a powerful Shona state in south-central Africa, renowned for its control of regional gold trade and its political dominance following the decline of Great Zimbabwe.
-
D.
Mali Empire
The Mali Empire was a powerful medieval West African state renowned for its wealth, trans-Saharan trade networks, and centers of Islamic learning such as Timbuktu.
-
E.
Kalahari Kingdom
Kalahari Kingdom is an African-themed zoo exhibit at Franklin Park Zoo that showcases animals and habitats inspired by the Kalahari Desert 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_69d808855a7481909314f90ad92aae68 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e5d38727fc8190b5daac83e03491e6 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:19 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e5d5cac9108190b7756329bfa320d3 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:29 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e5d7fd235081909870476cbc9817b2 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:38 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.