Triple

T3259696
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Songhai Empire E68378 entity
Predicate decisiveBattle P21565 FINISHED
Object Battle of Tondibi
The Battle of Tondibi was a 1591 confrontation in which Moroccan forces decisively defeated the Songhai Empire, leading to the empire’s rapid collapse and reshaping power in West Africa.
E341697 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: Battle of Tondibi | Statement: [Songhai Empire, decisiveBattle, Battle of Tondibi]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Tondibi
Context triple: [Songhai Empire, decisiveBattle, Battle of Tondibi]
  • A. Battle of Atbara
    The Battle of Atbara was a key 1898 Anglo-Egyptian victory over Mahdist forces in Sudan that paved the way for the decisive Battle of Omdurman and the reconquest of the Sudan.
  • B. Battle of Kissoué
    The Battle of Kissoué was a World War II engagement in June 1941 during the Allied invasion of Vichy-controlled Syria and Lebanon, where Allied forces fought to advance toward Damascus.
  • C. Battle of Diabaly
    The Battle of Diabaly was a key 2013 engagement in central Mali during the French-led intervention against Islamist militants, where French and Malian forces recaptured the town from jihadist control.
  • D. Battle of Ouadi Doum
    The Battle of Ouadi Doum was a key 1986 clash in northern Chad in which Chadian forces, heavily supported by France, struck a major Libyan airbase, marking a turning point against Libyan intervention in the region.
  • E. Battle of Sultan Yacoub
    The Battle of Sultan Yacoub was a major tank engagement during the 1982 Lebanon War between Israeli and Syrian forces, notable for its heavy armor clashes and missing Israeli soldiers.
  • 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: Battle of Tondibi
Triple: [Songhai Empire, decisiveBattle, Battle of Tondibi]
Generated description
The Battle of Tondibi was a 1591 confrontation in which Moroccan forces decisively defeated the Songhai Empire, leading to the empire’s rapid collapse and reshaping power in West Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Tondibi
Target entity description: The Battle of Tondibi was a 1591 confrontation in which Moroccan forces decisively defeated the Songhai Empire, leading to the empire’s rapid collapse and reshaping power in West Africa.
  • A. Battle of Atbara
    The Battle of Atbara was a key 1898 Anglo-Egyptian victory over Mahdist forces in Sudan that paved the way for the decisive Battle of Omdurman and the reconquest of the Sudan.
  • B. Battle of Kissoué
    The Battle of Kissoué was a World War II engagement in June 1941 during the Allied invasion of Vichy-controlled Syria and Lebanon, where Allied forces fought to advance toward Damascus.
  • C. Battle of Diabaly
    The Battle of Diabaly was a key 2013 engagement in central Mali during the French-led intervention against Islamist militants, where French and Malian forces recaptured the town from jihadist control.
  • D. Battle of Ouadi Doum
    The Battle of Ouadi Doum was a key 1986 clash in northern Chad in which Chadian forces, heavily supported by France, struck a major Libyan airbase, marking a turning point against Libyan intervention in the region.
  • E. Battle of Sultan Yacoub
    The Battle of Sultan Yacoub was a major tank engagement during the 1982 Lebanon War between Israeli and Syrian forces, notable for its heavy armor clashes and missing Israeli soldiers.
  • 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_69b28ed941cc81909c35853e793d6ce5 completed March 12, 2026, 10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2900805d08190afbda5ee5e984b71 completed March 12, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2ac4c52d48190a87b1e535c2e8a37 completed March 12, 2026, 12:06 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:09 p.m.