Triple
T15875888
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Description of Africa |
E384952
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Leo Africanus |
E384952
|
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: Leo Africanus | Statement: [Description of Africa, author, Leo Africanus]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leo Africanus Context triple: [Description of Africa, author, Leo Africanus]
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A.
Leo Africanus
chosen
Leo Africanus was a 16th-century Berber Andalusian diplomat and geographer best known for his detailed descriptions of North and West Africa in his work "Description of Africa."
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B.
Al-Bakri
Al-Bakri was an 11th-century Andalusian Arab geographer and historian whose writings provide one of the most important early descriptions of West African states such as the Ghana Empire.
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C.
Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Khaldun was a 14th-century Arab historian, philosopher, and sociologist best known for his pioneering work on historiography and social theory in his book "Muqaddimah."
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D.
Al-Idrisi
Al-Idrisi was a 12th-century Arab Muslim geographer and cartographer renowned for creating one of the most advanced world maps and geographical encyclopedias of the medieval period.
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E.
Al-Masudi
Al-Masudi was a 10th-century Arab historian and geographer, often called the "Herodotus of the Arabs" for his extensive historical and geographical writings.
- 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_69d86da4e86481909f1325fdc971b5ec |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e155fdc1b881909d1c82c4c66a195a |
completed | April 16, 2026, 9:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffa94e9b548190bec74e6d9790d241 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m.