Triple

T3355002
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wolof Empire E70583 entity
Predicate followedBy P78 FINISHED
Object Saloum
Saloum was a precolonial West African kingdom in present-day Senegal that succeeded the Wolof Empire and became one of the major Serer-led states in the region.
E357866 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: Saloum | Statement: [Wolof Empire, followedBy, Saloum]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saloum
Context triple: [Wolof Empire, followedBy, Saloum]
  • A. Senegal River Delta
    The Senegal River Delta is a coastal wetland region in northwest Africa where the Senegal River meets the Atlantic Ocean, known for its rich biodiversity, migratory bird habitats, and important agricultural lands.
  • B. Senegal River
    The Senegal River is a major West African waterway that flows through Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean, serving as an important source of irrigation, transport, and hydroelectric power.
  • C. Río de Oro
    Río de Oro was a former Spanish colonial territory in northwest Africa that later became part of the disputed region of Western Sahara.
  • D. Maroua
    Maroua is a prominent city in northern Cameroon known as a regional commercial and cultural center near the Sahel.
  • E. Benina
    Benina is a town in eastern Libya that serves as the main gateway to the nearby city of Benghazi through its international airport.
  • 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: Saloum
Triple: [Wolof Empire, followedBy, Saloum]
Generated description
Saloum was a precolonial West African kingdom in present-day Senegal that succeeded the Wolof Empire and became one of the major Serer-led states in the region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saloum
Target entity description: Saloum was a precolonial West African kingdom in present-day Senegal that succeeded the Wolof Empire and became one of the major Serer-led states in the region.
  • A. Senegal River Delta
    The Senegal River Delta is a coastal wetland region in northwest Africa where the Senegal River meets the Atlantic Ocean, known for its rich biodiversity, migratory bird habitats, and important agricultural lands.
  • B. Senegal River
    The Senegal River is a major West African waterway that flows through Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean, serving as an important source of irrigation, transport, and hydroelectric power.
  • C. Río de Oro
    Río de Oro was a former Spanish colonial territory in northwest Africa that later became part of the disputed region of Western Sahara.
  • D. Maroua
    Maroua is a prominent city in northern Cameroon known as a regional commercial and cultural center near the Sahel.
  • E. Benina
    Benina is a town in eastern Libya that serves as the main gateway to the nearby city of Benghazi through its international airport.
  • 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_69ad85a4ef7c8190a29e2bbd6fa454e4 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb2419a808190a54fc03eeec6e42d completed March 8, 2026, 5:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b3545cd3508190b3bb81de6feae66e completed March 13, 2026, 12:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b35519b7f08190b1ea7514036c3453 completed March 13, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b358fba2208190bc66d5f7d0009ba4 completed March 13, 2026, 12:23 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:13 p.m.