Triple
T12698450
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Angolagate arms trafficking affair |
E303395
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Françafrique
Françafrique refers to the web of post-colonial political, economic, and military influence and often opaque networks linking France to its former African colonies.
|
E997605
|
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: Françafrique | Statement: [Angolagate arms trafficking affair, relatedTo, Françafrique]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Françafrique Context triple: [Angolagate arms trafficking affair, relatedTo, Françafrique]
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A.
French West Africa
French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa that served as a major political and military base for France, especially during both World Wars.
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B.
Francophone Africa
Francophone Africa is the region of African countries where French is widely used as an official or common language in government, education, and daily life.
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C.
French Equatorial Africa
French Equatorial Africa was a federation of French colonial territories in central Africa that served as an important political and military base for Free French forces during World War II.
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D.
Pays Noir
Pays Noir is an industrial coal-mining region in Belgium centered around Charleroi, historically known for its heavy industry and blackened landscapes.
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E.
Azawad
Azawad is a sparsely populated, largely desert region in northern Mali known for its Tuareg population, historic trade routes, and recurring separatist movements.
- 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: Françafrique Triple: [Angolagate arms trafficking affair, relatedTo, Françafrique]
Generated description
Françafrique refers to the web of post-colonial political, economic, and military influence and often opaque networks linking France to its former African colonies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Françafrique Target entity description: Françafrique refers to the web of post-colonial political, economic, and military influence and often opaque networks linking France to its former African colonies.
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A.
French West Africa
French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa that served as a major political and military base for France, especially during both World Wars.
-
B.
Francophone Africa
Francophone Africa is the region of African countries where French is widely used as an official or common language in government, education, and daily life.
-
C.
French Equatorial Africa
French Equatorial Africa was a federation of French colonial territories in central Africa that served as an important political and military base for Free French forces during World War II.
-
D.
Pays Noir
Pays Noir is an industrial coal-mining region in Belgium centered around Charleroi, historically known for its heavy industry and blackened landscapes.
-
E.
Azawad
Azawad is a sparsely populated, largely desert region in northern Mali known for its Tuareg population, historic trade routes, and recurring separatist movements.
- 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_69d7bdef90d48190b46b88270e780946 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d961ed26588190ae76ff17159e06ec |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f671b066348190aedfe186fc4724f9 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 9:50 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f672d16f8881908c6d5cfed0b3ec3a |
completed | May 2, 2026, 9:55 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f67396fdac8190970068b2c39ad2f7 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 9:58 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:22 p.m.