Triple
T9422162
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Africa Nova |
E227178
|
entity |
| Predicate | sharesBorderWith |
P224
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Africa Vetus
Africa Vetus was the Roman Republic’s original African province centered on Carthage, later distinguished from the adjacent territory known as Africa Nova.
|
E798460
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Africa Vetus | Statement: [Africa Nova, sharesBorderWith, Africa Vetus]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Africa Vetus Context triple: [Africa Nova, sharesBorderWith, Africa Vetus]
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A.
Africa Nova
Africa Nova was a Roman imperial province in North Africa established after the fall of the Numidian kingdom.
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B.
M. Afr.
M. Afr. is the post-nominal abbreviation used by members of the Missionaries of Africa, a Roman Catholic missionary society commonly known as the White Fathers.
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C.
Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa is a peninsula in Northeast Africa that juts into the Arabian Sea and is known for countries such as Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti, serving as a strategic and cultural crossroads between Africa and the Arab world.
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D.
Nubia
Nubia is a historic region along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, renowned for its ancient civilizations, archaeological sites, and monumental temples.
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E.
Northwest Africa
Northwest Africa is a geographic region of the African continent that includes countries along its northwestern Atlantic coast, such as Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara, and parts of neighboring states.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Africa Vetus Triple: [Africa Nova, sharesBorderWith, Africa Vetus]
Generated description
Africa Vetus was the Roman Republic’s original African province centered on Carthage, later distinguished from the adjacent territory known as Africa Nova.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Africa Vetus Target entity description: Africa Vetus was the Roman Republic’s original African province centered on Carthage, later distinguished from the adjacent territory known as Africa Nova.
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A.
Africa Nova
Africa Nova was a Roman imperial province in North Africa established after the fall of the Numidian kingdom.
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B.
M. Afr.
M. Afr. is the post-nominal abbreviation used by members of the Missionaries of Africa, a Roman Catholic missionary society commonly known as the White Fathers.
-
C.
Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa is a peninsula in Northeast Africa that juts into the Arabian Sea and is known for countries such as Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti, serving as a strategic and cultural crossroads between Africa and the Arab world.
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D.
Nubia
Nubia is a historic region along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, renowned for its ancient civilizations, archaeological sites, and monumental temples.
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E.
Northwest Africa
Northwest Africa is a geographic region of the African continent that includes countries along its northwestern Atlantic coast, such as Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara, and parts of neighboring states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69ca8436ba308190903e470776d2d893 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd6c2651c48190808281779fab49df |
completed | April 1, 2026, 7:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d107d290148190855b8d50eb80c591 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:45 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d108d87adc8190b602c115c09650d6 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:49 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d10995e3bc8190a8db18e4ed0fc261 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:52 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:48 p.m.