Triple

T3241972
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mali Empire E67983 entity
Predicate majorCity P316 FINISHED
Object Djenne
Djenné is an ancient trading city in present-day Mali renowned for its mud-brick architecture and historic role as a center of Islamic scholarship and trans-Saharan commerce.
E342327 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: Djenne | Statement: [Mali Empire, majorCity, Djenne]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Djenne
Context triple: [Mali Empire, majorCity, Djenne]
  • A. Kidal
    Kidal is a remote desert town in northeastern Mali that serves as a key cultural and political center for Tuareg communities in the Adagh region.
  • B. Ndjolé
    Ndjolé is a town in central Gabon that serves as an important river port and transport hub along the Ogooué River.
  • C. Garoua
    Garoua is a major city in northern Cameroon that serves as an important commercial and administrative center and a key hub for river and overland transport in the region.
  • D. Yassa
    Yassa was the codified legal and administrative code traditionally attributed to Genghis Khan that governed the Mongol Empire and its successor states.
  • E. Téboursouk
    Téboursouk is a town in northern Tunisia known as a gateway to the nearby ancient Roman ruins of Dougga.
  • 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: Djenne
Triple: [Mali Empire, majorCity, Djenne]
Generated description
Djenné is an ancient trading city in present-day Mali renowned for its mud-brick architecture and historic role as a center of Islamic scholarship and trans-Saharan commerce.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Djenne
Target entity description: Djenné is an ancient trading city in present-day Mali renowned for its mud-brick architecture and historic role as a center of Islamic scholarship and trans-Saharan commerce.
  • A. Kidal
    Kidal is a remote desert town in northeastern Mali that serves as a key cultural and political center for Tuareg communities in the Adagh region.
  • B. Ndjolé
    Ndjolé is a town in central Gabon that serves as an important river port and transport hub along the Ogooué River.
  • C. Garoua
    Garoua is a major city in northern Cameroon that serves as an important commercial and administrative center and a key hub for river and overland transport in the region.
  • D. Yassa
    Yassa was the codified legal and administrative code traditionally attributed to Genghis Khan that governed the Mongol Empire and its successor states.
  • E. Téboursouk
    Téboursouk is a town in northern Tunisia known as a gateway to the nearby ancient Roman ruins of Dougga.
  • 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_69ad858d27348190abb61c280b4c86a9 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adaef76d908190815bb456e366ee0a completed March 8, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b28eadeff481909bd48cdf51044f86 completed March 12, 2026, 10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b28f9e12488190b93355b783300264 completed March 12, 2026, 10:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2c092063481909982dea3f71c00c1 completed March 12, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.