Triple

T3259675
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Songhai Empire E68378 entity
Predicate ruler P403 FINISHED
Object Askia Muhammad I
Askia Muhammad I was a prominent 15th–16th century West African emperor who greatly expanded and centralized the Songhai Empire while promoting Islam, trade, and learning.
E344419 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: Askia Muhammad I | Statement: [Songhai Empire, ruler, Askia Muhammad I]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Askia Muhammad I
Context triple: [Songhai Empire, ruler, Askia Muhammad I]
  • A. Sunni Ali
    Sunni Ali was a 15th-century West African king who transformed the Songhai Empire into one of the largest and most powerful states in African history through military conquest and territorial expansion.
  • B. Muhammad Bello
    Muhammad Bello was a 19th-century ruler and Islamic scholar who served as the second Sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate, expanding and consolidating its power in what is now northern Nigeria.
  • C. Shehu of Borno
    The Shehu of Borno is the traditional monarch and spiritual leader of the Kanuri people, historically ruling the Borno Empire in the Lake Chad region of West Africa.
  • D. Emir of Zazzau
    The Emir of Zazzau is the traditional monarch and spiritual leader of the Zazzau Emirate, centered in Zaria in present-day northern Nigeria.
  • E. Emir of Kano
    The Emir of Kano is the traditional monarch and spiritual leader of the Kano Emirate in northern Nigeria, historically influential in regional politics, culture, and Islamic scholarship.
  • 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: Askia Muhammad I
Triple: [Songhai Empire, ruler, Askia Muhammad I]
Generated description
Askia Muhammad I was a prominent 15th–16th century West African emperor who greatly expanded and centralized the Songhai Empire while promoting Islam, trade, and learning.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Askia Muhammad I
Target entity description: Askia Muhammad I was a prominent 15th–16th century West African emperor who greatly expanded and centralized the Songhai Empire while promoting Islam, trade, and learning.
  • A. Sunni Ali
    Sunni Ali was a 15th-century West African king who transformed the Songhai Empire into one of the largest and most powerful states in African history through military conquest and territorial expansion.
  • B. Muhammad Bello
    Muhammad Bello was a 19th-century ruler and Islamic scholar who served as the second Sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate, expanding and consolidating its power in what is now northern Nigeria.
  • C. Shehu of Borno
    The Shehu of Borno is the traditional monarch and spiritual leader of the Kanuri people, historically ruling the Borno Empire in the Lake Chad region of West Africa.
  • D. Emir of Zazzau
    The Emir of Zazzau is the traditional monarch and spiritual leader of the Zazzau Emirate, centered in Zaria in present-day northern Nigeria.
  • E. Emir of Kano
    The Emir of Kano is the traditional monarch and spiritual leader of the Kano Emirate in northern Nigeria, historically influential in regional politics, culture, and Islamic scholarship.
  • 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_69ad858f74408190bcbd07f967cd7bd0 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adafa673a481909b5024b4e0e1c2a7 completed March 8, 2026, 5:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2e8369b708190aeddf21dd9440d6a completed March 12, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2e9c808188190b681557e010ce159 completed March 12, 2026, 4:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2ea5d38808190a11ebcad2c384db7 completed March 12, 2026, 4:31 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:09 p.m.