Triple
T14344649
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sua Pan |
E355682
|
entity |
| Predicate | ecoregion |
P948
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Kalahari salt pans |
E71997
|
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: Kalahari salt pans | Statement: [Sua Pan, ecoregion, Kalahari salt pans]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kalahari salt pans Context triple: [Sua Pan, ecoregion, Kalahari salt pans]
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A.
Etosha Pan
Etosha Pan is a vast, seasonally flooded salt pan in northern Namibia that forms the dramatic, shimmering centerpiece of Etosha National Park and supports rich wildlife during the wet season.
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B.
Makgadikgadi Pans region
chosen
The Makgadikgadi Pans region is one of the world’s largest salt pan complexes, a vast, seasonally flooded expanse of shimmering flats and rich wildlife habitat in northern Botswana.
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C.
Kalahari Basin
The Kalahari Basin is a large inland drainage basin in southern Africa that encompasses and gives rise to the arid Kalahari Desert and surrounding semi-arid regions.
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D.
Kalahari Desert
The Kalahari Desert is a vast semi-arid sandy savanna in southern Africa known for its red dunes, sparse vegetation, and unique wildlife adapted to its dry conditions.
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E.
Kalahari Khoe
Kalahari Khoe is a branch of the Khoe language family comprising several closely related indigenous languages spoken by Khoe-speaking communities in the Kalahari region of southern Africa.
- 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_69d82790a7e08190877e2d349b2e8d8e |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de8e89ed9c8190acdb647ee618e919 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 6:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd647f92348190ba4eb9a420e23ca1 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 4:20 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:14 a.m.