Triple
T14788523
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Southern Niger |
E347591
|
entity |
| Predicate | ethnicGroups |
P1898
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Zarma-Songhai people |
E71792
|
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: Zarma-Songhai people | Statement: [Southern Niger, ethnicGroups, Zarma-Songhai people]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zarma-Songhai people Context triple: [Southern Niger, ethnicGroups, Zarma-Songhai people]
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A.
Bambara people
The Bambara people are a major Mande ethnic group of West Africa, primarily in Mali, known for their rich agricultural traditions, distinctive language, and influential cultural and artistic heritage.
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B.
Songhai people
chosen
The Songhai people are a major West African ethnic group historically centered along the Niger River, renowned for founding the powerful Songhai Empire with its capitals at Gao and Timbuktu.
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C.
Mande peoples
The Mande peoples are a large and diverse group of West African ethnic communities historically known for powerful empires like Mali and for their rich traditions in trade, music, and oral history.
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D.
Kanuri people
The Kanuri people are a predominantly Muslim ethnic group of the central Sahara and Lake Chad region, historically associated with the powerful Kanem-Bornu Empire and known for their distinct language and cultural traditions.
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E.
Fulani
The Fulani are a large, traditionally pastoralist West African ethnic group spread across many countries, known for their nomadic cattle-herding culture, Islamic scholarship, and significant historical role in regional empires and trade.
- 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_69d822e9b9e08190bedcc31a163fda82 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69decaa1e9ec81908d7c26c1c4e43014 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe9683d34c81909ff7486582766620 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 2:05 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:31 a.m.