Triple

T11738472
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Eyamba E279090 entity
Predicate influenceArea P2828 FINISHED
Object Old Calabar polity
Old Calabar polity was a precolonial Efik city-state and major West African trading center, particularly prominent in the Atlantic slave trade along the Cross River in what is now southeastern Nigeria.
E944258 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: Old Calabar polity | Statement: [Eyamba, influenceArea, Old Calabar polity]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Calabar polity
Context triple: [Eyamba, influenceArea, Old Calabar polity]
  • A. Ashanti Empire
    The Ashanti Empire was a powerful pre-colonial West African state centered in present-day Ghana, renowned for its military strength, wealth from gold, and sophisticated political and cultural institutions.
  • B. Colony of Dahomey
    The Colony of Dahomey was a French colonial territory in West Africa that later became the independent nation of Benin.
  • C. Fante Confederacy
    The Fante Confederacy was a 19th-century alliance of Fante states on the Gold Coast that played a major role in regional politics and resistance to both Ashanti expansion and European colonial influence.
  • D. Gbaramatu Kingdom
    Gbaramatu Kingdom is a traditional Ijaw coastal kingdom in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, known for its rich oil resources, complex creek networks, and history of militancy and environmental activism.
  • E. Kasi Kingdom
    Kasi Kingdom was an ancient Indo-Aryan kingdom centered on the city of Kashi (Varanasi), renowned as a major cultural and religious hub in early Indian history.
  • 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: Old Calabar polity
Triple: [Eyamba, influenceArea, Old Calabar polity]
Generated description
Old Calabar polity was a precolonial Efik city-state and major West African trading center, particularly prominent in the Atlantic slave trade along the Cross River in what is now southeastern Nigeria.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Calabar polity
Target entity description: Old Calabar polity was a precolonial Efik city-state and major West African trading center, particularly prominent in the Atlantic slave trade along the Cross River in what is now southeastern Nigeria.
  • A. Ashanti Empire
    The Ashanti Empire was a powerful pre-colonial West African state centered in present-day Ghana, renowned for its military strength, wealth from gold, and sophisticated political and cultural institutions.
  • B. Colony of Dahomey
    The Colony of Dahomey was a French colonial territory in West Africa that later became the independent nation of Benin.
  • C. Fante Confederacy
    The Fante Confederacy was a 19th-century alliance of Fante states on the Gold Coast that played a major role in regional politics and resistance to both Ashanti expansion and European colonial influence.
  • D. Gbaramatu Kingdom
    Gbaramatu Kingdom is a traditional Ijaw coastal kingdom in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, known for its rich oil resources, complex creek networks, and history of militancy and environmental activism.
  • E. Kasi Kingdom
    Kasi Kingdom was an ancient Indo-Aryan kingdom centered on the city of Kashi (Varanasi), renowned as a major cultural and religious hub in early Indian history.
  • 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_69d6aaffec6881908bead509e8621742 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a4ef1c4881909ad36dc27b1fe193 completed April 10, 2026, 7:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f019c339cc81909967ecfa234e4ab8 completed April 28, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f01d7ab930819095eaae226ab55b80 completed April 28, 2026, 2:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f043ddbfe481908e0c439dbd3e944f completed April 28, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.