Triple

T2357224
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mark Obama Ndesandjo E47584 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Ndesandjo
Ndesandjo is the surname of Mark Obama Ndesandjo, an American businessman, musician, and author who is the half-brother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
E257959 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: Ndesandjo | Statement: [Mark Obama Ndesandjo, familyName, Ndesandjo]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ndesandjo
Context triple: [Mark Obama Ndesandjo, familyName, Ndesandjo]
  • A. Benina
    Benina is a town in eastern Libya that serves as the main gateway to the nearby city of Benghazi through its international airport.
  • B. Ewondo
    Ewondo is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Ewondo people in central Cameroon, including in and around the capital city, Yaoundé.
  • C. Maroua
    Maroua is a prominent city in northern Cameroon known as a regional commercial and cultural center near the Sahel.
  • D. Kié-Ntem
    Kié-Ntem is a province in mainland Equatorial Guinea known for its largely forested landscapes and border location with Cameroon and Gabon.
  • E. Wele-Nzas
    Wele-Nzas is a province in mainland Equatorial Guinea known for its forests, border location near Gabon and Cameroon, and the city of Mongomo.
  • 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: Ndesandjo
Triple: [Mark Obama Ndesandjo, familyName, Ndesandjo]
Generated description
Ndesandjo is the surname of Mark Obama Ndesandjo, an American businessman, musician, and author who is the half-brother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ndesandjo
Target entity description: Ndesandjo is the surname of Mark Obama Ndesandjo, an American businessman, musician, and author who is the half-brother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
  • A. Benina
    Benina is a town in eastern Libya that serves as the main gateway to the nearby city of Benghazi through its international airport.
  • B. Ewondo
    Ewondo is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Ewondo people in central Cameroon, including in and around the capital city, Yaoundé.
  • C. Maroua
    Maroua is a prominent city in northern Cameroon known as a regional commercial and cultural center near the Sahel.
  • D. Kié-Ntem
    Kié-Ntem is a province in mainland Equatorial Guinea known for its largely forested landscapes and border location with Cameroon and Gabon.
  • E. Wele-Nzas
    Wele-Nzas is a province in mainland Equatorial Guinea known for its forests, border location near Gabon and Cameroon, and the city of Mongomo.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69a88a1b678c8190bce986922ba60ce0 completed March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc71e0c68819082eebd80721abcc1 completed March 7, 2026, 6:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae9638ef948190adf945aba42fac76 completed March 9, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae96fc0b508190b1da6aa41cddc488 completed March 9, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae977e539c81909cef638cc61e5ec1 completed March 9, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:54 p.m.