Triple
T17324854
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cape buffalo |
E420659
|
entity |
| Predicate | nativeTo |
P410
|
FINISHED |
| Object | eastern Africa |
E21665
|
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: eastern Africa | Statement: [Cape buffalo, nativeTo, eastern Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: eastern Africa Context triple: [Cape buffalo, nativeTo, eastern Africa]
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A.
East Africa
chosen
East Africa is a region on the eastern side of the African continent, known for its diverse cultures, significant wildlife and safari tourism, and countries such as Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Ethiopia.
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B.
southeastern Africa
Southeastern Africa is a subregion of the African continent encompassing countries along the continent’s southeastern coast and interior, including parts of Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and neighboring states.
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C.
Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa is a peninsula in Northeast Africa that juts into the Arabian Sea and is known for countries such as Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti, serving as a strategic and cultural crossroads between Africa and the Arab world.
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D.
East Africa and Southern Africa
East Africa and Southern Africa is a broad geographic region of the African continent encompassing countries along the eastern seaboard and the southern tip, known for its diverse cultures, landscapes, and wildlife.
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E.
Greater Horn of Africa
The Greater Horn of Africa is a broader geopolitical and socio-economic region in eastern Africa that encompasses the Horn of Africa and neighboring countries linked by shared historical, cultural, and security dynamics.
- 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_69d889d3adc881909319f1edb8d2a956 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e439d18e3081908ca15baa743abcd8 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a018c4a6630819082998cf754e8361f |
completed | May 11, 2026, 7:59 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:43 a.m.