Triple
T8542464
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shona states |
E202229
|
entity |
| Predicate | tradePartner |
P9483
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Swahili city-states |
E117874
|
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: Swahili city-states | Statement: [Shona states, tradePartner, Swahili city-states]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swahili city-states Context triple: [Shona states, tradePartner, Swahili city-states]
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A.
Swahili Coast
chosen
The Swahili Coast is a historic coastal region along the Indian Ocean in East Africa known for its Swahili culture, maritime trade, and blend of African, Arab, and Persian influences.
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B.
Warsangali Sultanate
The Warsangali Sultanate was a prominent pre-colonial Somali sultanate in northeastern Somalia, known for its maritime trade, Islamic scholarship, and long-ruling dynastic leadership.
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C.
Funj Sultanate
The Funj Sultanate was an early modern Islamic kingdom in what is now Sudan, known for unifying much of the Nile Valley region and fostering a distinctive blend of African and Arab cultures.
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D.
Hausa city-states
The Hausa city-states were a network of powerful, walled urban centers in what is now northern Nigeria and surrounding regions, known for their role as hubs of trans-Saharan trade, Islamic scholarship, and Hausa culture before colonial rule.
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E.
Mutapa Kingdom
The Mutapa Kingdom was a powerful Shona state in south-central Africa, renowned for its control of regional gold trade and its political dominance following the decline of Great Zimbabwe.
- 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_69ca832461e88190a654c5e44e233aa8 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe6e26be48190b10bc62fad178dad |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce6da3d65c819087ed6b46dfc35885 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:18 p.m.