Triple

T3297075
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bamako E69241 entity
Predicate locatedIn P40 FINISHED
Object southwestern Mali
Southwestern Mali is a region of Mali that includes the national capital, Bamako, and serves as an important political and economic center of the country.
E344334 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: southwestern Mali | Statement: [Bamako, locatedIn, southwestern Mali]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: southwestern Mali
Context triple: [Bamako, locatedIn, southwestern Mali]
  • A. Timbuktu Region
    Timbuktu Region is a vast, sparsely populated administrative area in northern Mali that includes the historic city of Timbuktu and has been a focal point of conflict and counterinsurgency operations in the Sahel.
  • B. Casamance
    Casamance is a culturally distinct, lush coastal region in southern Senegal known for its mangrove-lined rivers, rice fields, and strong Diola and Portuguese-influenced heritage.
  • C. Northern Niger
    Northern Niger is a sparsely populated Saharan region characterized by desert landscapes, nomadic communities, and a history of Tuareg insurgencies.
  • D. western Sudan
    Western Sudan is a region of Sudan characterized by its diverse ethnic groups, languages, and cultures, including communities that speak the Taman languages.
  • E. Sahel
    The Sahel is a semi-arid transition zone in Africa between the Sahara Desert to the north and the more humid savannas to the south, spanning several countries from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
  • 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: southwestern Mali
Triple: [Bamako, locatedIn, southwestern Mali]
Generated description
Southwestern Mali is a region of Mali that includes the national capital, Bamako, and serves as an important political and economic center of the country.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: southwestern Mali
Target entity description: Southwestern Mali is a region of Mali that includes the national capital, Bamako, and serves as an important political and economic center of the country.
  • A. Timbuktu Region
    Timbuktu Region is a vast, sparsely populated administrative area in northern Mali that includes the historic city of Timbuktu and has been a focal point of conflict and counterinsurgency operations in the Sahel.
  • B. Casamance
    Casamance is a culturally distinct, lush coastal region in southern Senegal known for its mangrove-lined rivers, rice fields, and strong Diola and Portuguese-influenced heritage.
  • C. Northern Niger
    Northern Niger is a sparsely populated Saharan region characterized by desert landscapes, nomadic communities, and a history of Tuareg insurgencies.
  • D. western Sudan
    Western Sudan is a region of Sudan characterized by its diverse ethnic groups, languages, and cultures, including communities that speak the Taman languages.
  • E. Sahel
    The Sahel is a semi-arid transition zone in Africa between the Sahara Desert to the north and the more humid savannas to the south, spanning several countries from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
  • 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_69ad859e529c8190a404273f53cb487d completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb078f3dc8190afb624f62894e48f completed March 8, 2026, 5:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2e86e867c8190a1e5042a4d4d92cb completed March 12, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2e8e54b6c8190a8d6c4abb3fa4580 completed March 12, 2026, 4:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2e9a10e2c8190ba67635ae2425470 completed March 12, 2026, 4:28 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:10 p.m.