Triple
T3241973
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mali Empire |
E67983
|
entity |
| Predicate | majorCity |
P316
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Niani |
E339619
|
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: Niani | Statement: [Mali Empire, majorCity, Niani]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Niani Context triple: [Mali Empire, majorCity, Niani]
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A.
Niani
chosen
Niani was an important medieval West African city that served as the political and commercial center of the Mali Empire.
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B.
Yassa
Yassa was the codified legal and administrative code traditionally attributed to Genghis Khan that governed the Mongol Empire and its successor states.
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C.
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.
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D.
Nupe
Nupe is an ethnic group and former kingdom in central Nigeria, historically known for its riverine trade, craftsmanship, and interactions with neighboring Yoruba states such as the Oyo Empire.
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E.
Sekondi
Sekondi is a coastal city in southwestern Ghana that developed into an important commercial and transportation hub during the colonial era.
- 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_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_69b2e82f91788190a9b14613eab7a439 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.