Triple
T2732165
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hausa-Fulani |
E60338
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicallyLinkedTo |
P1451
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sokoto Caliphate |
E59895
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Sokoto Caliphate | Statement: [Hausa-Fulani, historicallyLinkedTo, Sokoto Caliphate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sokoto Caliphate Context triple: [Hausa-Fulani, historicallyLinkedTo, Sokoto Caliphate]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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D.
Fulani Empire
The Fulani Empire was a powerful 19th-century West African Islamic state centered in what is now northern Nigeria, established through a jihad that reshaped the region’s political and religious landscape.
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E.
Bornu Empire
The Bornu Empire was a powerful West African state that succeeded the Kanem Empire and dominated the Lake Chad region for centuries through trans-Saharan trade, Islamic scholarship, and military strength.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ab4b75cd908190b691ef0d1801acda |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abdaf011548190beb9c3feee7b743f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:59 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afe896a38c81908695305d91c8a7d9 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 9:47 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:56 p.m.