Triple
T9351522
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shilluk |
E225029
|
entity |
| Predicate | traditionalTerritory |
P1103
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Upper Nile region |
E578761
|
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: Upper Nile region | Statement: [Shilluk, traditionalTerritory, Upper Nile region]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Upper Nile region Context triple: [Shilluk, traditionalTerritory, Upper Nile region]
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A.
Upper Nile Valley
The Upper Nile Valley is the southern stretch of the Nile River basin, encompassing the river’s upstream regions in countries such as Uganda and South Sudan before it flows northward toward Egypt.
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B.
Greater Upper Nile
chosen
Greater Upper Nile is a historically significant region in northeastern South Sudan, known for its oil resources, conflict-affected history, and large Dinka population.
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C.
Eastern Nile sub-basin
The Eastern Nile sub-basin is a major hydrological region of the Nile River system encompassing parts of Ethiopia, Sudan, and neighboring countries, and serving as a key source of the river’s water and hydroelectric potential.
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D.
Middle Nile Valley
The Middle Nile Valley is a historically rich stretch of the Nile River in present-day Sudan, known as a cradle of ancient Nubian civilizations and a key corridor of trade and cultural exchange between sub-Saharan Africa and the Mediterranean world.
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E.
Central Sudan
Central Sudan is a historical region in north-central Africa encompassing parts of modern-day northern Nigeria and surrounding areas, known for its precolonial emirates and trans-Saharan trade networks.
- 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_69ca842abfd48190949d71c3b86eeba8 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd4f93a9848190ad2ae24f2aa607d2 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 5:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d0e445c5308190be122215c92fd03d |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10:13 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:41 p.m.