Triple
T15786887
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Horn of Africa conflicts |
E382758
|
entity |
| Predicate | involvesNonStateActor |
P62727
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Al-Shabaab |
E150558
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Al-Shabaab | Statement: [Horn of Africa conflicts, involvesNonStateActor, Al-Shabaab]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al-Shabaab Context triple: [Horn of Africa conflicts, involvesNonStateActor, Al-Shabaab]
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A.
al-Shabaab
chosen
al-Shabaab is a Somalia-based Islamist militant group known for insurgent attacks and terrorism in East Africa.
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B.
Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a militia
Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a militia is an armed Somali Sufi Islamist group known for fighting against al-Shabaab and exerting control over parts of central Somalia.
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C.
Boko Haram
Boko Haram is a Nigeria-based Islamist extremist group known for its violent insurgency, mass kidnappings, and terrorist attacks across the Lake Chad region.
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D.
Ansar Dine
Ansar Dine is a Mali-based Islamist militant group linked to al-Qaeda that has sought to impose strict Sharia law and played a major role in the 2012 insurgency in northern Mali.
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E.
Jaish al-Islam
Jaish al-Islam is a Syrian Islamist rebel group that became one of the most powerful opposition factions during the Syrian civil war, particularly around Damascus.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: involvesNonStateActor Context triple: [Horn of Africa conflicts, involvesNonStateActor, Al-Shabaab]
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A.
involvedNonStateActor
chosen
Indicates that a non-state actor (such as an organization, group, or individual not formally representing a sovereign state) participates in, influences, or is otherwise engaged in the referenced event or relationship.
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B.
involvesExternalActor
Indicates that the relationship or action includes participation or influence from an entity outside the primary system, organization, or context.
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C.
oftenInvolvedWith
Indicates that one entity frequently participates in or is commonly associated with activities, events, or situations involving another entity.
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D.
mayBeInvolvedIn
Indicates that an entity has a possible, but not certain, participation or role in a particular event, activity, or situation.
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E.
involvedAction
Indicates that an entity participates in, performs, or is otherwise engaged in a specified action or activity.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69d86da16e188190b89af699f1ed0bfe |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e0540380448190a025338f0e62e6d1 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 3:14 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffcf0dd5ec8190b9a44d2ccbe90c52 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 12:19 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e00537bd1c81908d6e832792fd934f |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:37 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:48 a.m.