North-Eastern State
E355989
North-Eastern State was a former administrative region in Nigeria that existed from 1967 to 1976, encompassing much of the country's northeastern area before being divided into several smaller states including Bauchi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| North-Eastern State canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3401218 — 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: North-Eastern State Context triple: [Bauchi State, createdFrom, North-Eastern State]
-
A.
South-Eastern State
South-Eastern State was a former administrative region in southeastern Nigeria that was later renamed Cross River State.
-
B.
The North
The North is a vast, harsh, and sparsely populated region in the world of "Game of Thrones"/"A Song of Ice and Fire," known for its cold climate, fiercely independent people, and rule by House Stark from Winterfell.
-
C.
North-Central State
North-Central State was a former administrative region in northern Nigeria that existed in the early years after independence before being reorganized into newer states such as Kaduna State.
-
D.
North Region
North Region is a large, predominantly rural administrative region in northern Cameroon known for its savanna landscapes, diverse ethnic groups, and agriculture-based economy.
-
E.
West Central State
West Central State was a former administrative region in Nigeria that was later renamed Kwara State.
- 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: North-Eastern State Target entity description: North-Eastern State was a former administrative region in Nigeria that existed from 1967 to 1976, encompassing much of the country's northeastern area before being divided into several smaller states including Bauchi.
-
A.
South-Eastern State
South-Eastern State was a former administrative region in southeastern Nigeria that was later renamed Cross River State.
-
B.
The North
The North is a vast, harsh, and sparsely populated region in the world of "Game of Thrones"/"A Song of Ice and Fire," known for its cold climate, fiercely independent people, and rule by House Stark from Winterfell.
-
C.
North-Central State
North-Central State was a former administrative region in northern Nigeria that existed in the early years after independence before being reorganized into newer states such as Kaduna State.
-
D.
North Region
North Region is a large, predominantly rural administrative region in northern Cameroon known for its savanna landscapes, diverse ethnic groups, and agriculture-based economy.
-
E.
West Central State
West Central State was a former administrative region in Nigeria that was later renamed Kwara State.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former administrative region
ⓘ
former state of Nigeria ⓘ |
| capital | Maiduguri ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| createdBy | Nigerian military government ⓘ |
| createdUnder |
Yakubu Gowon
ⓘ
surface form:
Yakubu Gowon administration
|
| dateAbolished | 1976 ⓘ |
| dateEstablished | 1967 ⓘ |
| dividedInto |
Adamawa State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bauchi State NERFINISHED ⓘ Borno State ⓘ Gombe State ⓘ Gongola State ⓘ Taraba State ⓘ Yobe State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1976 ⓘ |
| governmentType | state government within federal system ⓘ |
| languageUsed | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Nigeria ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
West Africa Time (WAT)
ⓘ
surface form:
West Africa Time
|
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nigeria
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Republic of Nigeria
|
| predecessor | Northern Region, Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForAbolition | state creation reform of 1976 ⓘ |
| region | Northeastern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1967 ⓘ |
| successor |
Bauchi State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Borno State ⓘ Gongola State ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1967–1976 ⓘ |
| 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: North-Eastern State Description of subject: North-Eastern State was a former administrative region in Nigeria that existed from 1967 to 1976, encompassing much of the country's northeastern area before being divided into several smaller states including Bauchi.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.