Triple

T3312456
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kingdom of Benin E69603 entity
Predicate fortification P22477 FINISHED
Object Benin moats
The Benin moats are an extensive system of earthworks and defensive ditches surrounding the historic Kingdom of Benin, renowned as one of the largest man-made structures in precolonial Africa.
E345736 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: Benin moats | Statement: [Kingdom of Benin, fortification, Benin moats]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benin moats
Context triple: [Kingdom of Benin, fortification, Benin moats]
  • A. Nabiac
    Nabiac is a small rural village in New South Wales, Australia, known for its farming community and proximity to the Wallamba River and coastal attractions.
  • B. Benina
    Benina is a town in eastern Libya that serves as the main gateway to the nearby city of Benghazi through its international airport.
  • C. Lagos city walls
    The Lagos city walls are a series of historic fortifications in the coastal town of Lagos, Portugal, built and expanded over centuries to defend the settlement from maritime attacks.
  • D. Wele-Nzas
    Wele-Nzas is a province in mainland Equatorial Guinea known for its forests, border location near Gabon and Cameroon, and the city of Mongomo.
  • E. Rumuokoro
    Rumuokoro is a bustling urban town and major commercial transport hub in Obio-Akpor, within the Port Harcourt metropolitan area of Rivers State, Nigeria.
  • 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: Benin moats
Triple: [Kingdom of Benin, fortification, Benin moats]
Generated description
The Benin moats are an extensive system of earthworks and defensive ditches surrounding the historic Kingdom of Benin, renowned as one of the largest man-made structures in precolonial Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benin moats
Target entity description: The Benin moats are an extensive system of earthworks and defensive ditches surrounding the historic Kingdom of Benin, renowned as one of the largest man-made structures in precolonial Africa.
  • A. Nabiac
    Nabiac is a small rural village in New South Wales, Australia, known for its farming community and proximity to the Wallamba River and coastal attractions.
  • B. Benina
    Benina is a town in eastern Libya that serves as the main gateway to the nearby city of Benghazi through its international airport.
  • C. Lagos city walls
    The Lagos city walls are a series of historic fortifications in the coastal town of Lagos, Portugal, built and expanded over centuries to defend the settlement from maritime attacks.
  • D. Wele-Nzas
    Wele-Nzas is a province in mainland Equatorial Guinea known for its forests, border location near Gabon and Cameroon, and the city of Mongomo.
  • E. Rumuokoro
    Rumuokoro is a bustling urban town and major commercial transport hub in Obio-Akpor, within the Port Harcourt metropolitan area of Rivers State, Nigeria.
  • 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_69ad85a0bb048190a5458d2738012d61 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb0eddf488190b7f05b3903b96d4b completed March 8, 2026, 5:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2f3f3ece08190b488be792d57a653 completed March 12, 2026, 5:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2fa431f4c819088c6e0afd4f2f774 completed March 12, 2026, 5:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2fe1d4f9c8190a8d4f1206c551671 completed March 12, 2026, 5:55 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:11 p.m.