Triple

T3376361
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Portuguese America E71074 entity
Predicate usedEnslavedPopulationFrom P13391 FINISHED
Object Africa E1402 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Africa | Statement: [Portuguese America, usedEnslavedPopulationFrom, Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Africa
Context triple: [Portuguese America, usedEnslavedPopulationFrom, Africa]
  • A. Africa chosen
    Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most populous continent, known for its vast cultural diversity, rich natural resources, and significant historical and ecological importance.
  • B. Sub-Saharan Africa
    Sub-Saharan Africa is the geographically expansive and culturally diverse region of Africa located south of the Sahara Desert, encompassing dozens of countries with rapidly growing populations and economies.
  • C. West Africa
    West Africa is a region on the western coast of the African continent, historically significant for its role in trans-Saharan and Atlantic trade, diverse cultures and languages, and complex precolonial and colonial histories.
  • D. East Africa
    East Africa is a region on the eastern side of the African continent, known for its diverse cultures, significant wildlife and safari tourism, and countries such as Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Ethiopia.
  • E. Southern Africa
    Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, encompassing countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, and others, known for its diverse landscapes, wildlife, and cultural heritage.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: usedEnslavedPopulationFrom
Context triple: [Portuguese America, usedEnslavedPopulationFrom, Africa]
  • A. wasEnslavedIn
    Indicates that an entity was held in a state of slavery within a specified place or context.
  • B. populationGroupEnslaved chosen
    Indicates that one population group is held in a condition of slavery or forced servitude by another.
  • C. wasFormerlyEnslaved
    Indicates that an entity was previously held in a condition of slavery or bondage but is no longer enslaved.
  • D. historicalPeriodOfEnslavement
    Indicates the specific historical period during which an entity was subjected to enslavement.
  • E. wasSlaveDescendant
    Indicates that one entity is a descendant of another individual who lived in a condition of slavery.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69ad85a7f80c8190a05e43013f298942 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb2e776508190bc123fb17b36f062 completed March 8, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b334049c5c8190b870e790795cbec4 completed March 12, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69ada433059881908e46f38cc5f40a32 completed March 8, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:13 p.m.