Triple
T4250924
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lourenço Marques |
E95848
|
entity |
| Predicate | wasMajorCityIn |
P9892
|
FINISHED |
| Object | southern Africa |
E18188
|
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: southern Africa | Statement: [Lourenço Marques, wasMajorCityIn, southern Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: southern Africa Context triple: [Lourenço Marques, wasMajorCityIn, southern Africa]
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A.
Southern Africa
chosen
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.
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B.
southeastern Africa
Southeastern Africa is a subregion of the African continent encompassing countries along the continent’s southeastern coast and interior, including parts of Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and neighboring states.
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C.
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.
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D.
Africa
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.
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E.
South Africa
South Africa is a country at the southern tip of the African continent, known for its cultural and linguistic diversity, complex history of apartheid and democratic transition, and significant economic and political influence in the region.
- 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: wasMajorCityIn Context triple: [Lourenço Marques, wasMajorCityIn, southern Africa]
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A.
isMajorCityIn
chosen
Indicates that a city is a primary or significant urban center located within a specified larger region or country.
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B.
wasImportantCityOf
Indicates that a city held significant importance or prominence within a specified larger political or geographic entity during a given time period.
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C.
wasDeFactoCapitalOf
Indicates that a place functioned in practice as the capital of a political entity, even if it was not officially designated as such.
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D.
mayorSeatOf
Indicates that a particular mayor holds office as the chief elected official of a specified city or municipality.
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E.
hasMajorCity
Indicates that a location possesses at least one city of significant size, importance, or influence within its region or country.
- 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_69b3453f759881909b91f01a1e82c036 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b34ea059108190aa00f0f20673e0ac |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5a88225288190bb627de15da77c42 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:27 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69b347f73e008190a908a48ef389945a |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:10 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:06 p.m.