Triple

T2811958
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mande languages E54190 entity
Predicate region P40 FINISHED
Object Upper Niger basin
The Upper Niger basin is a West African river region that has historically served as a cultural and linguistic heartland for Mande-speaking peoples.
E145730 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: Upper Niger basin | Statement: [Mande languages, region, Upper Niger basin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Upper Niger basin
Context triple: [Mande languages, region, Upper Niger basin]
  • A. Inner Niger Delta
    The Inner Niger Delta is a vast inland floodplain in Mali characterized by seasonal wetlands, rich biodiversity, and traditional fishing and farming communities.
  • B. Lake Chad basin
    The Lake Chad basin is a large, landlocked drainage region in north-central Africa encompassing parts of Chad, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, and surrounding countries, centered around Lake Chad and its river systems.
  • C. Nile Basin
    The Nile Basin is the extensive drainage region of the Nile River, spanning multiple countries in northeastern Africa and supporting diverse ecosystems and large human populations dependent on its water resources.
  • D. Athi River basin
    The Athi River basin is a major drainage basin in Kenya that collects waters from rivers such as the Nairobi River and ultimately feeds into the Indian Ocean.
  • E. Sahel
    The Sahel is a semi-arid transition zone in Africa between the Sahara Desert to the north and the more humid savannas to the south, spanning several countries from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
  • 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: Upper Niger basin
Triple: [Mande languages, region, Upper Niger basin]
Generated description
The Upper Niger basin is a West African river region that has historically served as a cultural and linguistic heartland for Mande-speaking peoples.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Upper Niger basin
Target entity description: The Upper Niger basin is a West African river region that has historically served as a cultural and linguistic heartland for Mande-speaking peoples.
  • A. Inner Niger Delta chosen
    The Inner Niger Delta is a vast inland floodplain in Mali characterized by seasonal wetlands, rich biodiversity, and traditional fishing and farming communities.
  • B. Lake Chad basin
    The Lake Chad basin is a large, landlocked drainage region in north-central Africa encompassing parts of Chad, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, and surrounding countries, centered around Lake Chad and its river systems.
  • C. Nile Basin
    The Nile Basin is the extensive drainage region of the Nile River, spanning multiple countries in northeastern Africa and supporting diverse ecosystems and large human populations dependent on its water resources.
  • D. Athi River basin
    The Athi River basin is a major drainage basin in Kenya that collects waters from rivers such as the Nairobi River and ultimately feeds into the Indian Ocean.
  • E. Sahel
    The Sahel is a semi-arid transition zone in Africa between the Sahara Desert to the north and the more humid savannas to the south, spanning several countries from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ab49de0af08190b3da69683be1e728 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abde354a5881908cd3d545f7dda81c completed March 7, 2026, 8:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afe8aecd5081909b38d229904e5bde completed March 10, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afea1732b481909a8df01d80ca1bd4 completed March 10, 2026, 9:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b00eff94b481909a4cc08c8494870c completed March 10, 2026, 12:30 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:59 p.m.