Triple
T16617447
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Littoral Region of Cameroon |
E403729
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasUrbanArea |
P316
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Douala metropolitan area |
E132327
|
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: Douala metropolitan area | Statement: [Littoral Region of Cameroon, hasUrbanArea, Douala metropolitan area]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douala metropolitan area Context triple: [Littoral Region of Cameroon, hasUrbanArea, Douala metropolitan area]
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A.
Douala
chosen
Douala is the economic capital and main port city of Cameroon, located on the Wouri River along the Atlantic coast.
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B.
Beni Douala
Beni Douala is a town and commune in northern Algeria, situated in the Kabylie region within Tizi Ouzou Province.
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C.
Kinshasa–Brazzaville metropolitan area
The Kinshasa–Brazzaville metropolitan area is a unique transborder urban agglomeration spanning the capitals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo, situated on opposite banks of the Congo River.
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D.
Kumbo
Kumbo is a major town in Cameroon's Anglophone Grassfields, known as an important cultural, religious, and commercial center of the Northwest Region.
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E.
Yaoundé
Yaoundé is the political and administrative center of Cameroon, known for its hilly terrain and role as a major cultural and economic hub in Central Africa.
- 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_69d883897eb481909eaaa088ba9918d9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3754ac9dc8190965197024594742b |
completed | April 18, 2026, 12:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00918ae5f48190a85af2dfbe9708d4 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:17 a.m.