Triple

T14797502
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Whydah E347817 entity
Predicate laterGovernedBy P760 FINISHED
Object kings of Dahomey
The kings of Dahomey were the monarchs of a powerful West African kingdom (in present-day Benin) known for its centralized rule, military strength, and extensive involvement in the Atlantic slave trade.
E969046 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: kings of Dahomey | Statement: [Whydah, laterGovernedBy, kings of Dahomey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: kings of Dahomey
Context triple: [Whydah, laterGovernedBy, kings of Dahomey]
  • A. King Ghezo of Dahomey
    King Ghezo of Dahomey was a 19th-century West African monarch known for strengthening the Kingdom of Dahomey through military expansion, participation in the Atlantic slave trade, and significant internal reforms.
  • B. In Dahomey
    "In Dahomey" is a landmark 1903 musical comedy widely recognized as the first full-length Broadway show written and performed by African Americans.
  • C. Dahomey army
    The Dahomey army was the highly organized and militaristic fighting force of the Kingdom of Dahomey in West Africa, renowned for its disciplined regiments and its elite corps of women warriors often referred to as the "Dahomey Amazons."
  • D. Oba of Benin
    The Oba of Benin is the paramount traditional monarch of the Benin Kingdom in present-day southern Nigeria, revered as a cultural, spiritual, and historical custodian of the Edo people.
  • E. Dahomey and the Slave Trade
    "Dahomey and the Slave Trade" is a historical study by Karl Polanyi examining the economic and social structures of the Kingdom of Dahomey in relation to the Atlantic slave trade.
  • 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: kings of Dahomey
Triple: [Whydah, laterGovernedBy, kings of Dahomey]
Generated description
The kings of Dahomey were the monarchs of a powerful West African kingdom (in present-day Benin) known for its centralized rule, military strength, and extensive involvement in the Atlantic slave trade.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: kings of Dahomey
Target entity description: The kings of Dahomey were the monarchs of a powerful West African kingdom (in present-day Benin) known for its centralized rule, military strength, and extensive involvement in the Atlantic slave trade.
  • A. King Ghezo of Dahomey chosen
    King Ghezo of Dahomey was a 19th-century West African monarch known for strengthening the Kingdom of Dahomey through military expansion, participation in the Atlantic slave trade, and significant internal reforms.
  • B. In Dahomey
    "In Dahomey" is a landmark 1903 musical comedy widely recognized as the first full-length Broadway show written and performed by African Americans.
  • C. Dahomey army
    The Dahomey army was the highly organized and militaristic fighting force of the Kingdom of Dahomey in West Africa, renowned for its disciplined regiments and its elite corps of women warriors often referred to as the "Dahomey Amazons."
  • D. Oba of Benin
    The Oba of Benin is the paramount traditional monarch of the Benin Kingdom in present-day southern Nigeria, revered as a cultural, spiritual, and historical custodian of the Edo people.
  • E. Dahomey and the Slave Trade
    "Dahomey and the Slave Trade" is a historical study by Karl Polanyi examining the economic and social structures of the Kingdom of Dahomey in relation to the Atlantic slave trade.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d822ea8b7c819097dfadf3d45545e6 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69decd6131f08190885f1d27b4bfac7a completed April 14, 2026, 11:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe24c0beb0819081a124479a849bb6 completed May 8, 2026, 6 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe2c102f8c8190b9ed567fd2946ed2 completed May 8, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe2d898ae08190be30b5a12937a6a4 completed May 8, 2026, 6:38 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:31 a.m.