Triple
T14591002
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kilwa Kisiwani |
E342441
|
entity |
| Predicate | heritageDesignation |
P623
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
The Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Tanzania comprising the remains of powerful medieval Swahili trading cities that once dominated commerce along the East African coast.
|
E1109263
|
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: Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara | Statement: [Kilwa Kisiwani, heritageDesignation, Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara Context triple: [Kilwa Kisiwani, heritageDesignation, Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara]
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A.
Kilwa Kisiwani
Kilwa Kisiwani is a historic Swahili coastal city-state in present-day Tanzania that flourished as a powerful center of Indian Ocean trade between Africa, Arabia, and Asia from the medieval period onward.
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B.
Great Mosque of Kilwa
The Great Mosque of Kilwa is a historic congregational mosque on the Swahili Coast of Tanzania, renowned as one of the oldest and most important Islamic architectural sites in East Africa.
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C.
Khami Ruins
Khami Ruins is an archaeological site in southwestern Zimbabwe featuring the stone-built remains of a precolonial African city that succeeded Great Zimbabwe as a major political and trading center.
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D.
Songo Mnara
Songo Mnara is a historic Swahili coastal town in Tanzania known for its well-preserved stone ruins and significance as a medieval Indian Ocean trading center.
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E.
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape is an archaeological and cultural World Heritage site in northern South Africa that preserves the remains of an ancient African kingdom and early evidence of complex society and trade in the 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: Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara Triple: [Kilwa Kisiwani, heritageDesignation, Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara]
Generated description
The Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Tanzania comprising the remains of powerful medieval Swahili trading cities that once dominated commerce along the East African coast.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara Target entity description: The Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Tanzania comprising the remains of powerful medieval Swahili trading cities that once dominated commerce along the East African coast.
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A.
Kilwa Kisiwani
Kilwa Kisiwani is a historic Swahili coastal city-state in present-day Tanzania that flourished as a powerful center of Indian Ocean trade between Africa, Arabia, and Asia from the medieval period onward.
-
B.
Great Mosque of Kilwa
The Great Mosque of Kilwa is a historic congregational mosque on the Swahili Coast of Tanzania, renowned as one of the oldest and most important Islamic architectural sites in East Africa.
-
C.
Khami Ruins
Khami Ruins is an archaeological site in southwestern Zimbabwe featuring the stone-built remains of a precolonial African city that succeeded Great Zimbabwe as a major political and trading center.
-
D.
Songo Mnara
Songo Mnara is a historic Swahili coastal town in Tanzania known for its well-preserved stone ruins and significance as a medieval Indian Ocean trading center.
-
E.
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape is an archaeological and cultural World Heritage site in northern South Africa that preserves the remains of an ancient African kingdom and early evidence of complex society and trade in the 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_69d822ddc0f081909cd8163c7de298cd |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69deb4249af08190962009741d1f7d41 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd94c36bb881909af16aa1df1766f8 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 7:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd9ab12c38819081772da28b5fe7da |
completed | May 8, 2026, 8:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd9bb4dba08190b2ed507a47462b34 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 8:15 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:24 a.m.