Triple
T22553938
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Port of Douala |
E557628
|
entity |
| Predicate | serves |
P98
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Northern Gabon |
—
|
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: Northern Gabon | Statement: [Port of Douala, serves, Northern Gabon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Gabon Context triple: [Port of Douala, serves, Northern Gabon]
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A.
Gulf of Guinea hinterland
The Gulf of Guinea hinterland is the inland region of West-Central Africa lying behind the Gulf of Guinea’s coastal zone, encompassing diverse highland, forest, and savanna areas including parts of Cameroon around Buea.
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B.
Northern Benin
Northern Benin is a region in the modern Republic of Benin that historically lay on the southern fringes of the Fulani (Sokoto) Caliphate’s influence in West Africa.
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C.
Ndjolé, Gabon
Ndjolé, Gabon is a small town on the Ogooué River in central Gabon, historically known as a colonial outpost and the place where West African leader Samori Touré died in exile.
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D.
Equateur region
The Équateur region is a historically significant area in the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for its central African rainforest environment and role in precolonial and colonial trade networks.
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E.
southeastern Guinea
Southeastern Guinea is a region of Guinea characterized by its forested landscapes, rural villages, and proximity to the borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Gabon Target entity description: Northern Gabon is the inland, less-developed upper region of Gabon that relies heavily on neighboring countries’ infrastructure and ports for its external trade and access to global markets.
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A.
Gulf of Guinea hinterland
The Gulf of Guinea hinterland is the inland region of West-Central Africa lying behind the Gulf of Guinea’s coastal zone, encompassing diverse highland, forest, and savanna areas including parts of Cameroon around Buea.
-
B.
Northern Benin
Northern Benin is a region in the modern Republic of Benin that historically lay on the southern fringes of the Fulani (Sokoto) Caliphate’s influence in West Africa.
-
C.
Ndjolé, Gabon
Ndjolé, Gabon is a small town on the Ogooué River in central Gabon, historically known as a colonial outpost and the place where West African leader Samori Touré died in exile.
-
D.
Equateur region
The Équateur region is a historically significant area in the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for its central African rainforest environment and role in precolonial and colonial trade networks.
-
E.
southeastern Guinea
Southeastern Guinea is a region of Guinea characterized by its forested landscapes, rural villages, and proximity to the borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69e11e59db848190b4272ecd2b690ffd |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f15f780fb88190836408c6de3d3966 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 1:31 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:52 p.m.