Triple

T18613357
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Northern Region of Nigeria E454954 entity
Predicate containsTraditionalState P132787 FINISHED
Object Sokoto Caliphate emirates NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Sokoto Caliphate emirates | Statement: [Northern Region of Nigeria, containsTraditionalState, Sokoto Caliphate emirates]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sokoto Caliphate emirates
Context triple: [Northern Region of Nigeria, containsTraditionalState, Sokoto Caliphate emirates]
  • A. Sokoto Caliphate chosen
    The Sokoto Caliphate was a powerful 19th-century Islamic empire in West Africa that became a major center of Islamic learning, governance, and trade.
  • B. Zazzau Emirate
    Zazzau Emirate is a historic Hausa kingdom and traditional emirate centered on the city of Zaria, known for its role as a major political and commercial hub in precolonial northern Nigeria.
  • C. Kano Emirate (pre-jihad Hausa state)
    The Kano Emirate (pre-jihad Hausa state) was a powerful and long-standing Hausa kingdom centered on the city of Kano in what is now northern Nigeria, known for its thriving trans-Saharan trade, Islamic scholarship, and sophisticated urban culture before its incorporation into the Sokoto Caliphate.
  • D. Fika Emirate
    Fika Emirate is a traditional Hausa-Fulani emirate in northeastern Nigeria centered on the historic town of Fika in Yobe State.
  • E. Daura Emirate
    Daura Emirate is a historic Hausa traditional state in northern Nigeria, regarded as one of the oldest Hausa kingdoms and an important center of pre-colonial political and cultural influence.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: containsTraditionalState
Context triple: [Northern Region of Nigeria, containsTraditionalState, Sokoto Caliphate emirates]
  • A. traditionStates
    Indicates that, according to a tradition or customary belief, a certain claim, rule, or state of affairs is asserted to be the case.
  • B. isTraditionalInCountry
    Indicates that something is customary, long-established, or commonly practiced within a particular country.
  • C. isTraditional
    Indicates that something adheres to long-established customs, practices, or norms rather than modern or innovative ones.
  • D. containsTraditionalCity
    Indicates that one entity geographically or administratively includes or encompasses a traditional city within its boundaries.
  • E. hasTraditionalFormIn
    Indicates that something possesses a customary or historically established form or representation within a specified context, system, or location.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (4 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_69d8d38bbe7c8190bdec3138e7d413c9 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e54d030d488190a992d10d3d28b4ad completed April 19, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e478cf5e888190a0b1074b0c6525df completed April 19, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69e484121cd48190bf583b4c94636a30 completed April 19, 2026, 7:28 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:45 a.m.