Triple

T14153548
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tekrur E350750 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Sahelian kingdoms
The Sahelian kingdoms were a series of powerful, precolonial West African states that flourished along the Sahel belt through trans-Saharan trade, Islamic scholarship, and complex political systems.
E1084434 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: Sahelian kingdoms | Statement: [Tekrur, partOf, Sahelian kingdoms]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sahelian kingdoms
Context triple: [Tekrur, partOf, Sahelian kingdoms]
  • A. Bambara Empire
    The Bambara Empire was a powerful 17th–19th century West African state centered in present-day Mali, known for its military expansion, vibrant trade, and rich Bambara cultural traditions.
  • B. Mali Empire
    The Mali Empire was a powerful medieval West African state renowned for its wealth, trans-Saharan trade networks, and centers of Islamic learning such as Timbuktu.
  • C. Jolof Kingdoms
    The Jolof Kingdoms were a group of successor Wolof states in what is now Senegal that emerged after the decline of the Jolof (Wolof) Empire and played a major role in regional politics and Atlantic trade.
  • D. Fulani Empire
    The Fulani Empire was a powerful 19th-century West African Islamic state centered in what is now northern Nigeria, established through a jihad that reshaped the region’s political and religious landscape.
  • E. Northern Songhay
    Northern Songhay is a subgroup of the Songhay languages spoken in the Sahara, characterized by significant contact influence from Berber and Arabic.
  • 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: Sahelian kingdoms
Triple: [Tekrur, partOf, Sahelian kingdoms]
Generated description
The Sahelian kingdoms were a series of powerful, precolonial West African states that flourished along the Sahel belt through trans-Saharan trade, Islamic scholarship, and complex political systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sahelian kingdoms
Target entity description: The Sahelian kingdoms were a series of powerful, precolonial West African states that flourished along the Sahel belt through trans-Saharan trade, Islamic scholarship, and complex political systems.
  • A. Bambara Empire
    The Bambara Empire was a powerful 17th–19th century West African state centered in present-day Mali, known for its military expansion, vibrant trade, and rich Bambara cultural traditions.
  • B. Mali Empire
    The Mali Empire was a powerful medieval West African state renowned for its wealth, trans-Saharan trade networks, and centers of Islamic learning such as Timbuktu.
  • C. Jolof Kingdoms
    The Jolof Kingdoms were a group of successor Wolof states in what is now Senegal that emerged after the decline of the Jolof (Wolof) Empire and played a major role in regional politics and Atlantic trade.
  • D. Fulani Empire
    The Fulani Empire was a powerful 19th-century West African Islamic state centered in what is now northern Nigeria, established through a jihad that reshaped the region’s political and religious landscape.
  • E. Northern Songhay
    Northern Songhay is a subgroup of the Songhay languages spoken in the Sahara, characterized by significant contact influence from Berber and Arabic.
  • 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_69d8278775fc8190b0802d22ca2f495d completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de6133754881908e1e97db71772deb completed April 14, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fcf7ea34408190830263d7f5a88ce9 completed May 7, 2026, 8:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd067e73708190adcb4e1c2fbf210d completed May 7, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd0c5161dc8190a923c5b00dc5b53a completed May 7, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:57 a.m.