Triple

T1765549
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tuareg rebellions in Mali E38753 entity
Predicate location P40 FINISHED
Object Northern Mali
Northern Mali is a sparsely populated, largely desert region of Mali that has long been a center of Tuareg presence and recurrent armed rebellions against the central government.
E87135 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Northern Mali | Statement: [Tuareg rebellions in Mali, location, Northern Mali]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Mali
Context triple: [Tuareg rebellions in Mali, location, Northern Mali]
  • A. Timbuktu Region
    Timbuktu Region is a vast, sparsely populated administrative area in northern Mali that includes the historic city of Timbuktu and has been a focal point of conflict and counterinsurgency operations in the Sahel.
  • B. Kidal Region
    Kidal Region is a sparsely populated, desert area in northeastern Mali that has been a focal point of Tuareg rebellions, Islamist insurgency, and French military intervention.
  • C. Mali
    Mali is a landlocked West African country known for its historic trading cities like Timbuktu, rich Sahelian culture, and significant role in the ancient Mali Empire.
  • D. Casamance
    Casamance is a culturally distinct, lush coastal region in southern Senegal known for its mangrove-lined rivers, rice fields, and strong Diola and Portuguese-influenced heritage.
  • E. Sahel
    The Sahel is a semi-arid transition zone in Africa between the Sahara Desert to the north and the more humid savannas to the south, spanning several countries from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Northern Mali
Triple: [Tuareg rebellions in Mali, location, Northern Mali]
Generated description
Northern Mali is a sparsely populated, largely desert region of Mali that has long been a center of Tuareg presence and recurrent armed rebellions against the central government.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Mali
Target entity description: Northern Mali is a sparsely populated, largely desert region of Mali that has long been a center of Tuareg presence and recurrent armed rebellions against the central government.
  • A. Timbuktu Region
    Timbuktu Region is a vast, sparsely populated administrative area in northern Mali that includes the historic city of Timbuktu and has been a focal point of conflict and counterinsurgency operations in the Sahel.
  • B. Kidal Region chosen
    Kidal Region is a sparsely populated, desert area in northeastern Mali that has been a focal point of Tuareg rebellions, Islamist insurgency, and French military intervention.
  • C. Mali
    Mali is a landlocked West African country known for its historic trading cities like Timbuktu, rich Sahelian culture, and significant role in the ancient Mali Empire.
  • D. Casamance
    Casamance is a culturally distinct, lush coastal region in southern Senegal known for its mangrove-lined rivers, rice fields, and strong Diola and Portuguese-influenced heritage.
  • E. Sahel
    The Sahel is a semi-arid transition zone in Africa between the Sahara Desert to the north and the more humid savannas to the south, spanning several countries from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (5 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_69a8862d562481908d7025a1c1f67c0d completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa6467c3f08190abc8a06269ede908 completed March 6, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada0f37a28819086c35c9f7a07dea9 completed March 8, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ada4da6a988190847452139e1c210d completed March 8, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ada55d96b88190a4a5c6973d69592d completed March 8, 2026, 4:35 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.