Triple

T3309456
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Katsina State E69533 entity
Predicate hasTown P847 FINISHED
Object Funtua
Funtua is a major commercial and agricultural town in northern Nigeria known for its role in regional trade and farming activities.
 E345866 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: Funtua | Statement: [Katsina State, hasTown, Funtua]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Funtua
Context triple: [Katsina State, hasTown, Funtua]
  • A. Sikasso
    Sikasso is a major city in southern Mali known as an important agricultural and commercial center near the borders with Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire.
  • B. Barawa
    Barawa is a West Chadic language spoken in parts of Nigeria, belonging to the Afroasiatic language family.
  • C. Tabora
    Tabora is a historic town in western Tanzania known as a regional trade center and former hub of 19th-century caravan routes.
  • D. Koulikoro
    Koulikoro is a town and region in southwestern Mali, situated along the Niger River and serving as an important administrative and transport hub.
  • E. Mopti
    Mopti is a major city in central Mali known as a bustling river port and commercial hub situated at the confluence of the Niger and Bani rivers.
  • 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: Funtua
Triple: [Katsina State, hasTown, Funtua]
Generated description
Funtua is a major commercial and agricultural town in northern Nigeria known for its role in regional trade and farming activities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Funtua
Target entity description: Funtua is a major commercial and agricultural town in northern Nigeria known for its role in regional trade and farming activities.
  • A. Sikasso
    Sikasso is a major city in southern Mali known as an important agricultural and commercial center near the borders with Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire.
  • B. Barawa
    Barawa is a West Chadic language spoken in parts of Nigeria, belonging to the Afroasiatic language family.
  • C. Tabora
    Tabora is a historic town in western Tanzania known as a regional trade center and former hub of 19th-century caravan routes.
  • D. Koulikoro
    Koulikoro is a town and region in southwestern Mali, situated along the Niger River and serving as an important administrative and transport hub.
  • E. Mopti
    Mopti is a major city in central Mali known as a bustling river port and commercial hub situated at the confluence of the Niger and Bani rivers.
  • 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_69ad859f218081909458d2cebbf57565 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb0e9f33c81909cff835a83e0a657 completed March 8, 2026, 5:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2f3edc0c081908a7f5c02fe18584b completed March 12, 2026, 5:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2fa2ba81c8190bc86a855c59b7c2f completed March 12, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b303a4cb4481908b56ee60765b5fac completed March 12, 2026, 6:19 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:11 p.m.