Triple
T12431007
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zaria Emirate |
E297027
|
entity |
| Predicate | urbanCenter |
P749
|
FINISHED |
| Object | ancient city of Zaria |
E184916
|
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: ancient city of Zaria | Statement: [Zaria Emirate, urbanCenter, ancient city of Zaria]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ancient city of Zaria Context triple: [Zaria Emirate, urbanCenter, ancient city of Zaria]
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A.
Zaria
Zaria is a historic city in northern Nigeria known as an important center of Hausa culture, Islamic scholarship, and trade.
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B.
Sokoto
Sokoto is a historic city in northwestern Nigeria that served as the capital of the Sokoto Caliphate and remains an important cultural and Islamic scholarly center.
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C.
Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria
chosen
Zaria, in Kaduna State, Nigeria, is a historic northern city known as an important center of Hausa culture, Islamic scholarship, and education.
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D.
city of Katsina
The city of Katsina is a historic urban center in northern Nigeria that serves as a major cultural, commercial, and Islamic scholarly hub in the region.
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E.
city of Umma
The city of Umma was an important Sumerian urban center in southern Mesopotamia, known for its role in regional conflicts and administration during the early Bronze Age.
- 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_69d6ada0640c81908c061d7fb3d47786 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d94d7f2fd08190ab959742dbd8f9c0 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6349d29c481909a37fd386cc06575 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:30 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:55 p.m.