Triple
T3229856
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nupe people |
E67711
|
entity |
| Predicate | culturalArea |
P1968
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Middle Niger region |
E337061
|
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: Middle Niger region | Statement: [Nupe people, culturalArea, Middle Niger region]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middle Niger region Context triple: [Nupe people, culturalArea, Middle Niger region]
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A.
Northern Niger
Northern Niger is a sparsely populated Saharan region characterized by desert landscapes, nomadic communities, and a history of Tuareg insurgencies.
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B.
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.
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C.
western Sudan
Western Sudan is a region of Sudan characterized by its diverse ethnic groups, languages, and cultures, including communities that speak the Taman languages.
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D.
Niger River valley
chosen
The Niger River valley is a fertile and historically significant region in West Africa that has long supported dense human settlement, agriculture, and trade along the course of the Niger River.
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E.
Timbuktu Region
Timbuktu Region is a vast, sparsely populated administrative area in northern Mali that includes the historic city of Timbuktu and has been a focal point of conflict and counterinsurgency operations in the Sahel.
- 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_69ad858c61888190a31196310d9b30b5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adaeb826588190a93bcfb1242310e7 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b2e82b6bfc8190a6db566c37ef2eff |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.