Triple

T3736721
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Al-Qarawiyyin University E79603 entity
Predicate notableAlumnus P304 FINISHED
Object Leo Africanus
Leo Africanus was a 16th-century Berber Andalusian diplomat and geographer best known for his detailed descriptions of North and West Africa in his work "Description of Africa."
E384952 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: Leo Africanus | Statement: [Al-Qarawiyyin University, notableAlumnus, Leo Africanus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leo Africanus
Context triple: [Al-Qarawiyyin University, notableAlumnus, Leo Africanus]
  • A. Al-Bakri
    Al-Bakri was an 11th-century Andalusian Arab geographer and historian whose writings provide one of the most important early descriptions of West African states such as the Ghana Empire.
  • B. Ibn Khaldun
    Ibn Khaldun was a 14th-century Arab historian, philosopher, and sociologist best known for his pioneering work on historiography and social theory in his book "Muqaddimah."
  • C. Al-Idrisi
    Al-Idrisi was a 12th-century Arab Muslim geographer and cartographer renowned for creating one of the most advanced world maps and geographical encyclopedias of the medieval period.
  • D. Al-Masudi
    Al-Masudi was a 10th-century Arab historian and geographer, often called the "Herodotus of the Arabs" for his extensive historical and geographical writings.
  • E. Gomes Eanes de Zurara
    Gomes Eanes de Zurara was a 15th-century Portuguese chronicler best known for documenting the early Portuguese voyages of exploration and the beginnings of the Atlantic slave trade.
  • 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: Leo Africanus
Triple: [Al-Qarawiyyin University, notableAlumnus, Leo Africanus]
Generated description
Leo Africanus was a 16th-century Berber Andalusian diplomat and geographer best known for his detailed descriptions of North and West Africa in his work "Description of Africa."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leo Africanus
Target entity description: Leo Africanus was a 16th-century Berber Andalusian diplomat and geographer best known for his detailed descriptions of North and West Africa in his work "Description of Africa."
  • A. Al-Bakri
    Al-Bakri was an 11th-century Andalusian Arab geographer and historian whose writings provide one of the most important early descriptions of West African states such as the Ghana Empire.
  • B. Ibn Khaldun
    Ibn Khaldun was a 14th-century Arab historian, philosopher, and sociologist best known for his pioneering work on historiography and social theory in his book "Muqaddimah."
  • C. Al-Idrisi
    Al-Idrisi was a 12th-century Arab Muslim geographer and cartographer renowned for creating one of the most advanced world maps and geographical encyclopedias of the medieval period.
  • D. Al-Masudi
    Al-Masudi was a 10th-century Arab historian and geographer, often called the "Herodotus of the Arabs" for his extensive historical and geographical writings.
  • E. Gomes Eanes de Zurara
    Gomes Eanes de Zurara was a 15th-century Portuguese chronicler best known for documenting the early Portuguese voyages of exploration and the beginnings of the Atlantic slave trade.
  • 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_69ad8b115610819095b02007da5ca3cb completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adcb3d32b081909a993a78b0869db8 completed March 8, 2026, 7:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4db1e4cc48190bfc1078e9b06d2d9 completed March 14, 2026, 3:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4dc41a54c819099081242687e9011 completed March 14, 2026, 3:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4dcb9235c8190af2b5a5d222e8413 completed March 14, 2026, 3:57 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:34 p.m.