Triple
T14110419
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Niani |
E339619
|
entity |
| Predicate | tradeRouteConnection |
P23353
|
FINISHED |
| Object | West African inland routes |
E228779
|
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 inland routes | Statement: [Niani, tradeRouteConnection, West African inland routes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West African inland routes Context triple: [Niani, tradeRouteConnection, West African inland routes]
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A.
Trans-African Highway network
The Trans-African Highway network is a continent-spanning system of major road corridors designed to improve transport, trade, and regional integration across Africa.
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B.
Trans–West African Coastal Highway
The Trans–West African Coastal Highway is a major international road network that links numerous coastal countries of West Africa, facilitating regional trade and transportation.
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C.
Trans-Saharan trade routes
chosen
The Trans-Saharan trade routes were a network of caravan paths across the Sahara Desert that linked West and North Africa, facilitating the exchange of gold, salt, slaves, and other goods and fostering the rise of powerful African empires.
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D.
Matadi–Kinshasa corridor
The Matadi–Kinshasa corridor is a key transport route in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that links the Atlantic port city of Matadi with the inland capital Kinshasa, serving as the country’s main gateway for international trade.
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E.
Nacala Corridor
The Nacala Corridor is a major transport and logistics route in Mozambique and neighboring countries, linking inland mining and agricultural regions to the Indian Ocean via the Port of Nacala.
- 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_69d81c69b5c8819094aa1abf18302908 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de600e6a688190a1243a30ae9b7157 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fcd0b699108190993f1102418ecff1 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 5:49 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:22 p.m.