Triple
T540223
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | West Africa |
E12611
|
entity |
| Predicate | hadHistoricState |
P4711
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Wolof Empire
The Wolof Empire was a powerful medieval West African state centered in what is now Senegal, known for its complex political organization, control of regional trade routes, and influential role in the spread of Islam and Wolof culture.
|
E70583
|
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: Wolof Empire | Statement: [West Africa, hadHistoricState, Wolof Empire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wolof Empire Context triple: [West Africa, hadHistoricState, Wolof Empire]
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A.
Songhai Empire
The Songhai Empire was a powerful and wealthy medieval West African state centered along the Niger River, renowned for its control of trans-Saharan trade and cities like Gao and Timbuktu.
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B.
Mali Empire
The Mali Empire was a powerful medieval West African state renowned for its wealth, trans-Saharan trade networks, and centers of Islamic learning such as Timbuktu.
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C.
Ashanti Empire
The Ashanti Empire was a powerful pre-colonial West African state centered in present-day Ghana, renowned for its military strength, wealth from gold, and sophisticated political and cultural institutions.
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D.
Oyo Empire
The Oyo Empire was a powerful pre-colonial West African Yoruba state known for its sophisticated political system, cavalry-based military strength, and extensive regional trade influence.
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E.
Bornu Empire
The Bornu Empire was a powerful West African state that succeeded the Kanem Empire and dominated the Lake Chad region for centuries through trans-Saharan trade, Islamic scholarship, and military strength.
- 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: Wolof Empire Triple: [West Africa, hadHistoricState, Wolof Empire]
Generated description
The Wolof Empire was a powerful medieval West African state centered in what is now Senegal, known for its complex political organization, control of regional trade routes, and influential role in the spread of Islam and Wolof culture.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wolof Empire Target entity description: The Wolof Empire was a powerful medieval West African state centered in what is now Senegal, known for its complex political organization, control of regional trade routes, and influential role in the spread of Islam and Wolof culture.
-
A.
Songhai Empire
The Songhai Empire was a powerful and wealthy medieval West African state centered along the Niger River, renowned for its control of trans-Saharan trade and cities like Gao and Timbuktu.
-
B.
Mali Empire
The Mali Empire was a powerful medieval West African state renowned for its wealth, trans-Saharan trade networks, and centers of Islamic learning such as Timbuktu.
-
C.
Ashanti Empire
The Ashanti Empire was a powerful pre-colonial West African state centered in present-day Ghana, renowned for its military strength, wealth from gold, and sophisticated political and cultural institutions.
-
D.
Oyo Empire
The Oyo Empire was a powerful pre-colonial West African Yoruba state known for its sophisticated political system, cavalry-based military strength, and extensive regional trade influence.
-
E.
Bornu Empire
The Bornu Empire was a powerful West African state that succeeded the Kanem Empire and dominated the Lake Chad region for centuries through trans-Saharan trade, Islamic scholarship, and military strength.
- 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_69a49334226c81908b0ea1689ef6aa3f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49d278cf88190ad1368da91a7014f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4ed30d578819091c6c1f4c5eba301 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 1:51 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4edbab33881909369a7fc81165cf4 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 1:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4ee0f4e008190a9bdcc1ec93cefb3 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 1:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.