Triple
T23401136
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Islamic State in the Greater Sahara |
E559506
|
entity |
| Predicate | areaOfActivity |
P1164
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mali–Niger border region |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Mali–Niger border region | Statement: [Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, areaOfActivity, Mali–Niger border region]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mali–Niger border region Context triple: [Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, areaOfActivity, Mali–Niger border region]
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A.
Mali–Niger border
chosen
The Mali–Niger border is a sparsely populated, Sahelian frontier region in West Africa that has become a hotspot of insecurity, armed group activity, and international counterterrorism operations.
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B.
Mali–Burkina Faso border region
The Mali–Burkina Faso border region is a sparsely governed Sahelian frontier zone marked by desert and semi-arid landscapes, where state presence is weak and jihadist insurgencies, communal violence, and illicit trafficking are widespread.
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C.
Mali–Senegal border
The Mali–Senegal border is the international boundary in West Africa separating landlocked Mali from coastal Senegal, traversing largely sparsely populated Sahelian terrain.
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D.
Mali–Algeria border
The Mali–Algeria border is a remote, largely desert frontier in the central Sahara that separates northern Mali from southern Algeria and has strategic significance for trans-Saharan trade and security.
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E.
Niger–Burkina Faso border
The Niger–Burkina Faso border is a frequently contested frontier in the central Sahel, marked by insecurity, militant activity, and joint regional military operations.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e24549610c8190a069d6411ce5f661 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1a4dfa4c881908df0eced4855c0d9 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 6:27 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:37 p.m.