Triple

T14701789
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Machina E345320 entity
Predicate hasBorderLocation P37800 FINISHED
Object Nigeria–Niger border
The Nigeria–Niger border is an international boundary in West Africa separating Nigeria from Niger, running across arid and semi-arid regions and serving as a major corridor for trade, migration, and security operations.
E1115694 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: Nigeria–Niger border | Statement: [Machina, hasBorderLocation, Nigeria–Niger border]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigeria–Niger border
Context triple: [Machina, hasBorderLocation, Nigeria–Niger border]
  • A. Nigeria–Benin border
    The Nigeria–Benin border is the international boundary separating Nigeria and Benin in West Africa, running from the Gulf of Guinea in the south through various communities and landscapes, including the Yewa area.
  • B. Benin–Togo border region
    The Benin–Togo border region is a West African area characterized by shared cultural ties and diverse landscapes, including river basins, savannas, and agricultural zones that span both countries.
  • C. Mali–Niger border
    The Mali–Niger border is a sparsely populated, Sahelian frontier region in West Africa that has become a hotspot of insecurity, armed group activity, and international counterterrorism operations.
  • D. Chad–Cameroon border
    The Chad–Cameroon border is the international boundary in Central Africa separating Chad and Cameroon, much of which follows natural features such as the Logone River.
  • E. Cameroon-Nigeria borderlands
    The Cameroon-Nigeria borderlands are a historically significant cultural and linguistic crossroads in Central-West Africa, known as an early homeland and dispersal zone for Bantu-speaking peoples.
  • 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: Nigeria–Niger border
Triple: [Machina, hasBorderLocation, Nigeria–Niger border]
Generated description
The Nigeria–Niger border is an international boundary in West Africa separating Nigeria from Niger, running across arid and semi-arid regions and serving as a major corridor for trade, migration, and security operations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigeria–Niger border
Target entity description: The Nigeria–Niger border is an international boundary in West Africa separating Nigeria from Niger, running across arid and semi-arid regions and serving as a major corridor for trade, migration, and security operations.
  • A. Nigeria–Benin border
    The Nigeria–Benin border is the international boundary separating Nigeria and Benin in West Africa, running from the Gulf of Guinea in the south through various communities and landscapes, including the Yewa area.
  • B. Benin–Togo border region
    The Benin–Togo border region is a West African area characterized by shared cultural ties and diverse landscapes, including river basins, savannas, and agricultural zones that span both countries.
  • C. Mali–Niger border
    The Mali–Niger border is a sparsely populated, Sahelian frontier region in West Africa that has become a hotspot of insecurity, armed group activity, and international counterterrorism operations.
  • D. Chad–Cameroon border
    The Chad–Cameroon border is the international boundary in Central Africa separating Chad and Cameroon, much of which follows natural features such as the Logone River.
  • E. Cameroon-Nigeria borderlands
    The Cameroon-Nigeria borderlands are a historically significant cultural and linguistic crossroads in Central-West Africa, known as an early homeland and dispersal zone for Bantu-speaking peoples.
  • 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_69d822e4a8c08190a155df736bb7bc13 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb605f5948190ab6b20887c4b6833 completed April 14, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fdf0861c308190af0b5da403ecb321 completed May 8, 2026, 2:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fdf368782c8190825247435eab2045 completed May 8, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fdf3fe50ac8190ad5529427472eda3 completed May 8, 2026, 2:32 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 a.m.