North-Western State
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North-Western State was a former administrative region in northern Nigeria that existed from 1967 until it was split in 1976 into Sokoto and Niger States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| North-Western State canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3483585 — 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-Western State Context triple: [Niger State, createdFrom, North-Western State]
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A.
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.
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B.
Illiniza Norte
Illiniza Norte is a prominent volcanic peak in the Ecuadorian Andes, popular with climbers for its relatively accessible yet challenging ascent and striking high-altitude scenery.
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C.
Ohio Panhandle
The Ohio Panhandle is a narrow strip of land in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio that extends between Pennsylvania and West Virginia, historically significant as a transportation and industrial corridor.
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D.
Northwestern Washington
Northwestern Washington is a geographic region of the U.S. state of Washington encompassing its far northwestern counties along the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound.
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E.
Michiana
Michiana is a bi-state region centered around South Bend, Indiana and neighboring southwestern Michigan, known for encompassing the University of Notre Dame and its surrounding communities.
- 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-Western State Target entity description: North-Western State was a former administrative region in northern Nigeria that existed from 1967 until it was split in 1976 into Sokoto and Niger States.
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A.
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.
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B.
Illiniza Norte
Illiniza Norte is a prominent volcanic peak in the Ecuadorian Andes, popular with climbers for its relatively accessible yet challenging ascent and striking high-altitude scenery.
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C.
Ohio Panhandle
The Ohio Panhandle is a narrow strip of land in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio that extends between Pennsylvania and West Virginia, historically significant as a transportation and industrial corridor.
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D.
Northwestern Washington
Northwestern Washington is a geographic region of the U.S. state of Washington encompassing its far northwestern counties along the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound.
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E.
Michiana
Michiana is a bi-state region centered around South Bend, Indiana and neighboring southwestern Michigan, known for encompassing the University of Notre Dame and its surrounding communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former administrative region
ⓘ
former state of Nigeria ⓘ |
| administrativeCentre | Sokoto ⓘ |
| capital | Sokoto ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| createdBy | military government of Yakubu Gowon ⓘ |
| dateEstablished | 1967 ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1976 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1976 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Niger State
ⓘ
Sokoto State ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nigeria
ⓘ
Northern Nigeria ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
Niger State
ⓘ
Sokoto State ⓘ |
| numberOfSuccessorStates | 2 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Federal Republic of Nigeria
ⓘ
linked to:
Nigeria
|
| partOfAdministrativeDivisionReform | 1967 Nigerian state creation ⓘ |
| reasonForAbolition | state creation exercise of 1976 ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Niger State
ⓘ
Sokoto State ⓘ |
| splitInto |
Niger State
ⓘ
Sokoto State ⓘ |
| startTime | 1967 ⓘ |
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-Western State Description of subject: North-Western State was a former administrative region in northern Nigeria that existed from 1967 until it was split in 1976 into Sokoto and Niger States.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.