Triple
T964855
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Royal African Company |
E20815
|
entity |
| Predicate | tradingRegion |
P285
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Bight of Benin |
E59892
|
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: Bight of Benin | Statement: [Royal African Company, tradingRegion, Bight of Benin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bight of Benin Context triple: [Royal African Company, tradingRegion, Bight of Benin]
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A.
Bight of Benin
chosen
The Bight of Benin is a broad bay on the West African coast along the Gulf of Guinea, bordered by countries such as Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria and historically known for its role in the transatlantic slave trade.
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B.
Bight of Biafra
The Bight of Biafra is a large bay on the easternmost part of the Gulf of Guinea along the West African coast, bordering countries such as Nigeria and Cameroon and historically significant in Atlantic trade routes.
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C.
Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea is a large northeastern arm of the Atlantic Ocean off the western coast of Africa, known for its significant shipping routes, rich oil and gas reserves, and strategic economic importance to the region.
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D.
Golfo Nuevo
Golfo Nuevo is a coastal bay on Argentina’s Patagonian Atlantic shore, noted for its sheltered waters and rich marine life, including seasonal whale populations.
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E.
San Pablo Bay
San Pablo Bay is a shallow tidal estuary in northern California that forms the northern extension of the greater San Francisco Bay system.
- 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_69a493b33d2c81909c52c369d3ca8436 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b431d61481908b53490e99670363 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac17034cf48190bca513891cfcc444 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 12:16 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.