Triple
T6372890
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Islamic State in the Greater Sahara |
E143392
|
entity |
| Predicate | areaOfOperations |
P710
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Niger–Burkina Faso border region |
E590491
|
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: Niger–Burkina Faso border region | Statement: [Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, areaOfOperations, Niger–Burkina Faso border region]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Niger–Burkina Faso border region Context triple: [Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, areaOfOperations, Niger–Burkina Faso border region]
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A.
Mali–Burkina Faso border region
The Mali–Burkina Faso border region is a sparsely governed Sahelian frontier zone marked by desert and semi-arid landscapes, where state presence is weak and jihadist insurgencies, communal violence, and illicit trafficking are widespread.
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B.
Liptako-Gourma region
chosen
The Liptako-Gourma region is a tri-border Sahelian area spanning parts of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, known for its security crises, jihadist insurgencies, and significant but underdeveloped natural resources.
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C.
Chad–Sudan border
The Chad–Sudan border is a long, sparsely populated frontier in central Africa that separates eastern Chad from western Sudan and is home to diverse ethnic groups and languages.
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D.
Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso
Tenkodogo is a historic town in eastern Burkina Faso, considered one of the country’s oldest settlements and an important regional center for the Gurma people.
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E.
Maghreb-Sahel interface
The Maghreb-Sahel interface is a transitional zone in North and West Africa where the cultures, economies, and ecologies of the North African Maghreb and the sub-Saharan Sahel intersect and blend.
- 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_69c008d9f4348190ab598a2913259a1c |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c06829d76c819092b476631459233a |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c640b56de8819092e00930f56aeb56 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:32 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:33 p.m.