Triple
T13918530
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sultanates |
E334682
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableExample |
P1503
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sultanate of Zanzibar |
E362982
|
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: Sultanate of Zanzibar | Statement: [Sultanates, notableExample, Sultanate of Zanzibar]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sultanate of Zanzibar Context triple: [Sultanates, notableExample, Sultanate of Zanzibar]
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A.
Sultanate of Zanzibar
chosen
The Sultanate of Zanzibar was a 19th- and early 20th-century Indian Ocean island state ruled by an Omani Arab dynasty, known for its clove trade, strategic coastal position, and role in East African commerce and the slave trade.
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B.
People’s Republic of Zanzibar
The People’s Republic of Zanzibar was a short-lived socialist state established after the 1964 revolution that overthrew the Sultanate of Zanzibar, before it merged with Tanganyika to form Tanzania.
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C.
Warsangali Sultanate
The Warsangali Sultanate was a prominent pre-colonial Somali sultanate in northeastern Somalia, known for its maritime trade, Islamic scholarship, and long-ruling dynastic leadership.
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D.
Isaaq Sultanate
The Isaaq Sultanate was a pre-colonial Somali Muslim state in the Horn of Africa, centered in what is now Somaliland and ruled by the Isaaq clan confederation.
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E.
Aussa Sultanate
The Aussa Sultanate was a historic Muslim monarchy in the Horn of Africa that served as a major political and cultural center for the Afar people.
- 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_69d81c5f739081908bc05b2461f54828 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de272753e48190bc609482635280ff |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:38 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7ce7a1c388190a57dfdbbb732bbcb |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:38 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:16 p.m.