Triple

T7680661
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lycaon E173983 entity
Predicate geographicRangeOfSpecies P2178 FINISHED
Object subSaharanAfrica E17120 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: subSaharanAfrica | Statement: [Lycaon, geographicRangeOfSpecies, subSaharanAfrica]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: subSaharanAfrica
Context triple: [Lycaon, geographicRangeOfSpecies, subSaharanAfrica]
  • A. Sub-Saharan Africa chosen
    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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. AFAFRICA
    AFAFRICA is the U.S. Air Force component command responsible for air operations and support across the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) area of responsibility.
  • E. Southern Africa
    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.
  • 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: geographicRangeOfSpecies
Context triple: [Lycaon, geographicRangeOfSpecies, subSaharanAfrica]
  • A. geographicRangeType
    Indicates the kind of geographic range or distribution pattern that characterizes where an entity occurs or is found.
  • B. geographicDistribution chosen
    Indicates the spatial range or area over which something occurs, exists, or is found.
  • C. geographicRangeTrend
    Indicates how the spatial extent or distribution area of something is changing over time (e.g., expanding, contracting, or remaining stable).
  • D. biogeographicRole
    Indicates the ecological or distributional role an entity plays within a particular biogeographic context or region.
  • E. hasWildPopulationOf
    Indicates that a location or area contains a naturally occurring, non-captive population of the specified species.
  • 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_69c6995840408190a19de6c51090f46f completed March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c7048b0b448190889bd40e0a38e51a completed March 27, 2026, 10:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8a24de3a48190a92009b6092b09d0 completed March 29, 2026, 3:53 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69c701618d3481908be84b76f36ac5a1 completed March 27, 2026, 10:14 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:01 p.m.