Triple
T8499118
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tomb of Askia |
E201170
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Songhai Empire |
E68378
|
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: Songhai Empire | Statement: [Tomb of Askia, associatedWith, Songhai Empire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Songhai Empire Context triple: [Tomb of Askia, associatedWith, Songhai Empire]
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A.
Songhai Empire
chosen
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.
Fulani Empire
The Fulani Empire was a powerful 19th-century West African Islamic state centered in what is now northern Nigeria, established through a jihad that reshaped the region’s political and religious landscape.
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D.
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.
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E.
Ghana Empire
The Ghana Empire was a powerful and wealthy medieval West African kingdom known for its control of trans-Saharan gold and salt trade routes between the 6th and 13th centuries.
- 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_69ca831ee390819095fae73400bbfafc |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe5984d7481908c41c57bef9cf254 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce4e0aa7788190abd7bb259966bc44 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:07 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:14 p.m.