Triple

T14110434
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Niani E339619 entity
Predicate mentionedBy P831 FINISHED
Object Ibn Khaldun (indirectly via Mali capital descriptions)
Ibn Khaldun was a 14th-century North African historian, philosopher, and sociologist best known for his pioneering work on historiography and social theory, especially in his book the Muqaddimah.
 E300862 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: Ibn Khaldun (indirectly via Mali capital descriptions) | Statement: [Niani, mentionedBy, Ibn Khaldun (indirectly via Mali capital descriptions)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ibn Khaldun (indirectly via Mali capital descriptions)
Context triple: [Niani, mentionedBy, Ibn Khaldun (indirectly via Mali capital descriptions)]
  • A. Khaldun
    Khaldun is a male given name of Arabic origin, historically associated with the famous Muslim historian and philosopher Ibn Khaldun.
  • B. Ahmed Baba of Timbuktu
    Ahmed Baba of Timbuktu was a prominent 16th–17th century West African Islamic scholar, jurist, and writer renowned for his extensive scholarship and defense of learning in Timbuktu.
  • C. Timbuktu
    Timbuktu is an ancient city in Mali famed as a historic center of trans-Saharan trade and Islamic scholarship.
  • D. Western Songhay of Timbuktu
    Western Songhay of Timbuktu is a variety of the Songhay language spoken around Timbuktu in Mali, known locally as Koyra Chiini.
  • E. Djenné Songhay
    Djenné Songhay is a regional variety of the Songhay language spoken around the town of Djenné in Mali.
  • 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: Ibn Khaldun (indirectly via Mali capital descriptions)
Triple: [Niani, mentionedBy, Ibn Khaldun (indirectly via Mali capital descriptions)]
Generated description
Ibn Khaldun was a 14th-century North African historian, philosopher, and sociologist best known for his pioneering work on historiography and social theory, especially in his book the Muqaddimah.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ibn Khaldun (indirectly via Mali capital descriptions)
Target entity description: Ibn Khaldun was a 14th-century North African historian, philosopher, and sociologist best known for his pioneering work on historiography and social theory, especially in his book the Muqaddimah.
  • A. Khaldun chosen
    Khaldun is a male given name of Arabic origin, historically associated with the famous Muslim historian and philosopher Ibn Khaldun.
  • B. Ahmed Baba of Timbuktu
    Ahmed Baba of Timbuktu was a prominent 16th–17th century West African Islamic scholar, jurist, and writer renowned for his extensive scholarship and defense of learning in Timbuktu.
  • C. Timbuktu
    Timbuktu is an ancient city in Mali famed as a historic center of trans-Saharan trade and Islamic scholarship.
  • D. Western Songhay of Timbuktu
    Western Songhay of Timbuktu is a variety of the Songhay language spoken around Timbuktu in Mali, known locally as Koyra Chiini.
  • E. Djenné Songhay
    Djenné Songhay is a regional variety of the Songhay language spoken around the town of Djenné in Mali.
  • F. None of above.

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_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.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fcd2d99c4c8190baf15d470ead7b1c completed May 7, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fcd3853e848190a210d1c8c08bd6cc completed May 7, 2026, 6:01 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:22 p.m.