Triple
T11454684
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | South Atlantic trade routes |
E271495
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMajorPortRegion |
P32975
|
FINISHED |
| Object | West African coast |
E488522
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 African coast | Statement: [South Atlantic trade routes, hasMajorPortRegion, West African coast]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West African coast Context triple: [South Atlantic trade routes, hasMajorPortRegion, West African coast]
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A.
Guinea Coast
chosen
The Guinea Coast is a historical region along West Africa’s Atlantic shoreline that was a major hub for European trade, including the transatlantic slave trade, from the early modern period onward.
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B.
West Africa
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.
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C.
Swahili Coast
The Swahili Coast is a historic coastal region along the Indian Ocean in East Africa known for its Swahili culture, maritime trade, and blend of African, Arab, and Persian influences.
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D.
Upper Guinea
Upper Guinea is a natural and historical region in eastern Guinea characterized by savanna landscapes and significant agricultural and mining activities.
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E.
Namibian Atlantic coast
The Namibian Atlantic coast is a remote, sparsely populated shoreline along southwestern Africa, known for its cold Benguela Current, foggy desert landscapes, and treacherous Skeleton Coast.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6aadff8888190a13f253f0d460874 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d85ddffdf88190a00e94ad5b8b91a5 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:18 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e5d3d740008190a05ccb789ac0906d |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:20 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.