Triple
T3270012
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Borno State |
E68621
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalRegion |
P915
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Kanem–Bornu region |
E60339
|
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: Kanem–Bornu region | Statement: [Borno State, historicalRegion, Kanem–Bornu region]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kanem–Bornu region Context triple: [Borno State, historicalRegion, Kanem–Bornu region]
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A.
Kanem Empire
The Kanem Empire was a powerful medieval African kingdom centered around Lake Chad that flourished as a hub of trans-Saharan trade and Islamic scholarship from roughly the 9th to the 14th century.
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B.
Nubia
Nubia is a historic region along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, renowned for its ancient civilizations, archaeological sites, and monumental temples.
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C.
Daura Emirate
Daura Emirate is a historic Hausa traditional state in northern Nigeria, regarded as one of the oldest Hausa kingdoms and an important center of pre-colonial political and cultural influence.
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D.
Bornu Empire
chosen
The Bornu Empire was a powerful West African state that succeeded the Kanem Empire and dominated the Lake Chad region for centuries through trans-Saharan trade, Islamic scholarship, and military strength.
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E.
Nupe Kingdom
The Nupe Kingdom was a pre-colonial West African state centered in what is now central Nigeria, known for its sophisticated political organization, riverine trade networks, and rich artistic and cultural traditions.
- 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_69ad859b54f881909bf530d549caf2fd |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adaff349148190beae8c0994b7ad83 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b2e83e11f081909d64287c0902124a |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:09 p.m.