Triple

T14562185
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gao Kingdom E341693 entity
Predicate knownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Kingdom of Gao
The Kingdom of Gao was an early West African state centered along the Niger River, which became a major trading hub and precursor to the later Songhai Empire.
E1111629 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: Kingdom of Gao | Statement: [Gao Kingdom, knownAs, Kingdom of Gao]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kingdom of Gao
Context triple: [Gao Kingdom, knownAs, Kingdom of Gao]
  • A. Kingdom of Kandi
    The Kingdom of Kandi was a precolonial West African state of the Bariba people, known for its regional power and role in trade and warfare in what is now Benin.
  • B. Kingdom of Ma'in
    The Kingdom of Ma'in was an ancient South Arabian state centered in modern-day Yemen, known for its Minaean people and its role in the incense trade across the Arabian Peninsula.
  • C. Kingdom of Yatenga
    The Kingdom of Yatenga was a prominent precolonial Mossi state in what is now northern Burkina Faso, known for its powerful monarchy and long-standing resistance to external conquest.
  • D. Kingdom of Gelgel
    The Kingdom of Gelgel was a powerful early Balinese Hindu kingdom that served as a major political and cultural center in Bali before the rise of Klungkung.
  • E. Kwararafa kingdom
    Kwararafa kingdom was a powerful precolonial multi-ethnic confederation in what is now central Nigeria, known for its military campaigns and influence over much of the Middle Belt region.
  • 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: Kingdom of Gao
Triple: [Gao Kingdom, knownAs, Kingdom of Gao]
Generated description
The Kingdom of Gao was an early West African state centered along the Niger River, which became a major trading hub and precursor to the later Songhai Empire.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kingdom of Gao
Target entity description: The Kingdom of Gao was an early West African state centered along the Niger River, which became a major trading hub and precursor to the later Songhai Empire.
  • A. Kingdom of Kandi
    The Kingdom of Kandi was a precolonial West African state of the Bariba people, known for its regional power and role in trade and warfare in what is now Benin.
  • B. Kingdom of Ma'in
    The Kingdom of Ma'in was an ancient South Arabian state centered in modern-day Yemen, known for its Minaean people and its role in the incense trade across the Arabian Peninsula.
  • C. Kingdom of Yatenga
    The Kingdom of Yatenga was a prominent precolonial Mossi state in what is now northern Burkina Faso, known for its powerful monarchy and long-standing resistance to external conquest.
  • D. Kingdom of Gelgel
    The Kingdom of Gelgel was a powerful early Balinese Hindu kingdom that served as a major political and cultural center in Bali before the rise of Klungkung.
  • E. Kwararafa kingdom
    Kwararafa kingdom was a powerful precolonial multi-ethnic confederation in what is now central Nigeria, known for its military campaigns and influence over much of the Middle Belt region.
  • 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_69d822dcc6248190bed689984bceb0e2 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb38afa8881909c9151b7620949ae completed April 14, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fdd5c57fa4819086912bdd2bda8b80 completed May 8, 2026, 12:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fdd70f6d8c819086321ed4fa20a157 completed May 8, 2026, 12:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fdd771cb188190b44d6e4903fa8f6e completed May 8, 2026, 12:30 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:23 a.m.