Kogi
E328635
Kogi is a state in central Nigeria known for its diverse ethnic groups and its location at the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kogi canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3123162 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kogi Context triple: [Kogi State, shortName, Kogi]
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A.
Lokoja
Lokoja is a city in central Nigeria located at the strategic confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers and serves as the capital of Kogi State.
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B.
Kukawa
Kukawa is a historic town in northeastern Nigeria that once served as the political and cultural center of the Kanuri people and the Bornu Empire.
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C.
Asaba
Asaba is the capital city of Delta State in southern Nigeria, situated on the western bank of the River Niger and serving as an important administrative and commercial center.
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D.
Sagbama
Sagbama is a town and local government area in Bayelsa State in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region, known for its riverine communities and oil-rich environment.
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E.
Marulanda
Marulanda is a small municipality and town located in the Caldas Department of Colombia, known for its rural Andean landscapes and agricultural economy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kogi Target entity description: Kogi is a state in central Nigeria known for its diverse ethnic groups and its location at the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers.
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A.
Lokoja
Lokoja is a city in central Nigeria located at the strategic confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers and serves as the capital of Kogi State.
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B.
Kukawa
Kukawa is a historic town in northeastern Nigeria that once served as the political and cultural center of the Kanuri people and the Bornu Empire.
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C.
Asaba
Asaba is the capital city of Delta State in southern Nigeria, situated on the western bank of the River Niger and serving as an important administrative and commercial center.
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D.
Sagbama
Sagbama is a town and local government area in Bayelsa State in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region, known for its riverine communities and oil-rich environment.
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E.
Marulanda
Marulanda is a small municipality and town located in the Caldas Department of Colombia, known for its rural Andean landscapes and agricultural economy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | state in Nigeria ⓘ |
| bordersState |
Anambra State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benue State NERFINISHED ⓘ Edo State NERFINISHED ⓘ Ekiti State NERFINISHED ⓘ Enugu State NERFINISHED ⓘ Kwara State NERFINISHED ⓘ Nasarawa State NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger State NERFINISHED ⓘ Ondo State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Lokoja ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| createdFrom |
Benue State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kwara State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdOn | 1991-08-27 ⓘ |
| federalConstituencyCount | multiple federal constituencies ⓘ |
| geographicalZone |
North Central
ⓘ
surface form:
North Central geopolitical zone
|
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
mining ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Bassa
ⓘ
Ebira ⓘ Fulani ⓘ Gbagyi ⓘ Hausa people ⓘ
surface form:
Hausa
Igala ⓘ Nupe ⓘ Okun (Yoruba subgroup) ⓘ |
| hasGovernor | state governor of Kogi (office) ⓘ |
| hasMajorCity |
Anyigba
ⓘ
Idah ⓘ Kabba ⓘ Lokoja ⓘ Okene ⓘ |
| hasMajorReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| hasMajorRiver |
Benue River
ⓘ
Niger River ⓘ |
| hasNaturalResource |
coal
ⓘ
iron ore ⓘ limestone ⓘ marble ⓘ |
| locatedAtConfluenceOf |
Benue River
ⓘ
Niger River ⓘ |
| locatedIn | central Nigeria ⓘ |
| nickname |
Confluence State
ⓘ
surface form:
The Confluence State
|
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| region | North Central Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone |
West Africa Time (WAT)
ⓘ
surface form:
West Africa Time
|
| utcOffset | +1 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kogi Description of subject: Kogi is a state in central Nigeria known for its diverse ethnic groups and its location at the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.