Triple
T3951584
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chadic languages |
E84876
|
entity |
| Predicate | spokenInRegion |
P7445
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Lake Chad basin |
E50221
|
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: Lake Chad basin | Statement: [Chadic languages, spokenInRegion, Lake Chad basin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lake Chad basin Context triple: [Chadic languages, spokenInRegion, Lake Chad basin]
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A.
Lake Chad basin
chosen
The Lake Chad basin is a large, landlocked drainage region in north-central Africa encompassing parts of Chad, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, and surrounding countries, centered around Lake Chad and its river systems.
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B.
Lake Chad
Lake Chad is a large, shallow, and historically significant freshwater lake in north-central Africa that has dramatically shrunk in size over recent decades due to climate change and human use.
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C.
Inner Niger Delta
The Inner Niger Delta is a vast inland floodplain in Mali characterized by seasonal wetlands, rich biodiversity, and traditional fishing and farming communities.
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D.
Kalahari Basin
The Kalahari Basin is a large inland drainage basin in southern Africa that encompasses and gives rise to the arid Kalahari Desert and surrounding semi-arid regions.
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E.
Lake Afrera
Lake Afrera is a hypersaline lake in Ethiopia’s Afar Depression, known for its extreme heat, low elevation below sea level, and surrounding volcanic landscape.
- 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_69aed934fbfc8190847068e4546de963 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aef9384cdc8190ad89b32dc25ac1d7 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b533a80d4c8190bb1aac1b2900d9a8 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:30 p.m.