Triple
T3716368
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Somali Civil War |
E81539
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Somali famine of 1992
The Somali famine of 1992 was a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Somalia, marked by mass starvation and high mortality, exacerbated by drought, conflict, and the breakdown of state institutions.
|
E382759
|
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: Somali famine of 1992 | Statement: [Somali Civil War, relatedTo, Somali famine of 1992]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Somali famine of 1992 Context triple: [Somali Civil War, relatedTo, Somali famine of 1992]
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A.
1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia
The 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia was a catastrophic humanitarian crisis marked by widespread starvation and hundreds of thousands of deaths, drawing global attention and prompting major international relief efforts.
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B.
Famine
Famine is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, symbolizing extreme scarcity of food and widespread starvation.
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C.
Aden Emergency
The Aden Emergency was a violent insurgency and period of civil unrest in the 1960s in the British-controlled port of Aden, marking a key episode in the end of British colonial rule in South Arabia.
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D.
Bangladesh famine of 1974
The Bangladesh famine of 1974 was a devastating food crisis in newly independent Bangladesh, marked by widespread starvation and mortality, that became a key case study in understanding how political and economic factors—rather than sheer food shortage—can cause famine.
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E.
Somali Civil War
The Somali Civil War is a prolonged, multifaceted conflict that began in 1991 following the collapse of Somalia’s central government, involving clan militias, warlords, Islamist groups, and foreign interventions, and resulting in widespread instability and humanitarian crises.
- 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: Somali famine of 1992 Triple: [Somali Civil War, relatedTo, Somali famine of 1992]
Generated description
The Somali famine of 1992 was a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Somalia, marked by mass starvation and high mortality, exacerbated by drought, conflict, and the breakdown of state institutions.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Somali famine of 1992 Target entity description: The Somali famine of 1992 was a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Somalia, marked by mass starvation and high mortality, exacerbated by drought, conflict, and the breakdown of state institutions.
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A.
1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia
The 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia was a catastrophic humanitarian crisis marked by widespread starvation and hundreds of thousands of deaths, drawing global attention and prompting major international relief efforts.
-
B.
Famine
Famine is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, symbolizing extreme scarcity of food and widespread starvation.
-
C.
Aden Emergency
The Aden Emergency was a violent insurgency and period of civil unrest in the 1960s in the British-controlled port of Aden, marking a key episode in the end of British colonial rule in South Arabia.
-
D.
Bangladesh famine of 1974
The Bangladesh famine of 1974 was a devastating food crisis in newly independent Bangladesh, marked by widespread starvation and mortality, that became a key case study in understanding how political and economic factors—rather than sheer food shortage—can cause famine.
-
E.
Somali Civil War
The Somali Civil War is a prolonged, multifaceted conflict that began in 1991 following the collapse of Somalia’s central government, involving clan militias, warlords, Islamist groups, and foreign interventions, and resulting in widespread instability and humanitarian crises.
- 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_69ad8b1a81588190b3f27a5483bb610e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc9cf77dc819098979094172d82d1 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4ce0f690c819091d9caf9271f9bbd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4cf6a84fc8190b07fbc31621bd871 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4d32caa7c81908332ac23bd4d9571 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:17 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:33 p.m.