Triple
T17333955
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | France–South America |
E420886
|
entity |
| Predicate | geographicFeatureCrossed |
P120215
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sahara Desert (on African segments of the route) |
E10378
|
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: Sahara Desert (on African segments of the route) | Statement: [France–South America, geographicFeatureCrossed, Sahara Desert (on African segments of the route)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sahara Desert (on African segments of the route) Context triple: [France–South America, geographicFeatureCrossed, Sahara Desert (on African segments of the route)]
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A.
Nubian Desert
The Nubian Desert is a hyper-arid region of the eastern Sahara in northeastern Sudan and northern Eritrea, characterized by rocky plateaus, sand dunes, and sparse vegetation along the Nile.
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B.
Sahara Desert
chosen
The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest hot desert, spanning much of North Africa with vast sand seas, rocky plateaus, and extreme arid conditions.
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C.
Northern Sahara
The Northern Sahara is the vast arid expanse forming the northern portion of the Sahara Desert, encompassing regions such as the M’zab in Algeria and characterized by rocky plateaus, sand seas, and oases.
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D.
Sahara Desert margins
The Sahara Desert margins are the semi-arid transitional zones between the Sahara and surrounding regions, where nomadic and pastoral communities such as the Bedouin live and move with their herds.
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E.
Sahara
"Sahara" is a 2005 action-adventure film based on Clive Cussler's novel, following treasure hunters on a perilous quest in the African desert.
- 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_69e43a106df48190a50f96febc13cde7 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a018c5205088190aa724873c6296b1e |
completed | May 11, 2026, 7:59 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:43 a.m.