Triple

T4786874
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Johann Ludwig Burckhardt E106499 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object African Association
The African Association was an 18th–19th century British society dedicated to exploring and mapping the interior of Africa, particularly in search of the Niger River’s course and the fabled city of Timbuktu.
E470147 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: African Association | Statement: [Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, employer, African Association]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: African Association
Context triple: [Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, employer, African Association]
  • A. West African Football Union
    The West African Football Union is a regional governing body for association football in West Africa, organizing competitions and coordinating development among its member national teams.
  • B. African Cricket Association
    The African Cricket Association is the regional governing body responsible for promoting, developing, and organizing cricket among its member countries across Africa.
  • C. OAUFC
    OAUFC is an organization associated with Carleton University, likely connected to its academic or student community.
  • D. Pan American Union
    The Pan American Union was an international organization that promoted cooperation and diplomacy among the countries of the Americas and served as the institutional precursor to the Organization of American States.
  • E. Regional Association I (Africa)
    Regional Association I (Africa) is the World Meteorological Organization’s regional body responsible for coordinating meteorological, hydrological, and related environmental activities across the African continent.
  • 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: African Association
Triple: [Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, employer, African Association]
Generated description
The African Association was an 18th–19th century British society dedicated to exploring and mapping the interior of Africa, particularly in search of the Niger River’s course and the fabled city of Timbuktu.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: African Association
Target entity description: The African Association was an 18th–19th century British society dedicated to exploring and mapping the interior of Africa, particularly in search of the Niger River’s course and the fabled city of Timbuktu.
  • A. West African Football Union
    The West African Football Union is a regional governing body for association football in West Africa, organizing competitions and coordinating development among its member national teams.
  • B. African Cricket Association
    The African Cricket Association is the regional governing body responsible for promoting, developing, and organizing cricket among its member countries across Africa.
  • C. OAUFC
    OAUFC is an organization associated with Carleton University, likely connected to its academic or student community.
  • D. Pan American Union
    The Pan American Union was an international organization that promoted cooperation and diplomacy among the countries of the Americas and served as the institutional precursor to the Organization of American States.
  • E. Regional Association I (Africa)
    Regional Association I (Africa) is the World Meteorological Organization’s regional body responsible for coordinating meteorological, hydrological, and related environmental activities across the African continent.
  • 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_69bd43f4a9588190bf73e20bc27c03cc completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd65d8f9d881909c24340b8dc6a104 completed March 20, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be43e01f6c81909ca0121c36d107e9 completed March 21, 2026, 7:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be45cc228c8190942280ef3852caf7 completed March 21, 2026, 7:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be467ffd50819090c92df520c91642 completed March 21, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:22 p.m.