Triple
T3406824
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Songhai people |
E71792
|
entity |
| Predicate | ethnonymVariant |
P4709
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Songhay people |
E71792
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Songhay people | Statement: [Songhai people, ethnonymVariant, Songhay people]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Songhay people Context triple: [Songhai people, ethnonymVariant, Songhay people]
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A.
Songhai people
chosen
The Songhai people are a major West African ethnic group historically centered along the Niger River, renowned for founding the powerful Songhai Empire with its capitals at Gao and Timbuktu.
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B.
Ngada people
The Ngada people are an indigenous ethnic group of central Flores in Indonesia, known for their megalithic villages, matrilineal traditions, and distinctive ritual practices.
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C.
Ndowe people
The Ndowe people are a coastal Bantu ethnic group of Equatorial Guinea known for their fishing traditions, maritime culture, and historical interactions with European colonizers.
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D.
Banda people
The Banda people are a Central African ethnic group primarily inhabiting parts of the Central African Republic, known for their farming, hunting traditions, and distinct Central Sudanic languages.
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E.
Obudu people
The Obudu people are an ethnic group indigenous to the Obudu area of northern Cross River State in southeastern Nigeria, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ad85ac312481909e7027ced1456a9f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb8ede9c48190b13b0f5e7474e7fa |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b595dfe0248190a9a45eca075d6eae |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:15 p.m.