Triple
T10060397
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shehu of Borno |
E208972
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Kanem–Bornu Empire
The Kanem–Bornu Empire was a powerful and long-lasting Central African state centered around Lake Chad, known for its trans-Saharan trade, Islamic scholarship, and influential Saifawa dynasty.
|
E227595
|
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: Kanem–Bornu Empire | Statement: [Shehu of Borno, associatedWith, Kanem–Bornu Empire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kanem–Bornu Empire Context triple: [Shehu of Borno, associatedWith, Kanem–Bornu Empire]
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A.
Kanem Empire
The Kanem Empire was a powerful medieval African kingdom centered around Lake Chad that flourished as a hub of trans-Saharan trade and Islamic scholarship from roughly the 9th to the 14th century.
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B.
Bambara Empire
The Bambara Empire was a powerful 17th–19th century West African state centered in present-day Mali, known for its military expansion, vibrant trade, and rich Bambara cultural traditions.
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C.
Mali Empire
The Mali Empire was a powerful medieval West African state renowned for its wealth, trans-Saharan trade networks, and centers of Islamic learning such as Timbuktu.
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D.
Fulani Empire
The Fulani Empire was a powerful 19th-century West African Islamic state centered in what is now northern Nigeria, established through a jihad that reshaped the region’s political and religious landscape.
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E.
Songhai Empire
The Songhai Empire was a powerful and wealthy medieval West African state centered along the Niger River, renowned for its control of trans-Saharan trade and cities like Gao and Timbuktu.
- 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: Kanem–Bornu Empire Triple: [Shehu of Borno, associatedWith, Kanem–Bornu Empire]
Generated description
The Kanem–Bornu Empire was a powerful and long-lasting Central African state centered around Lake Chad, known for its trans-Saharan trade, Islamic scholarship, and influential Saifawa dynasty.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kanem–Bornu Empire Target entity description: The Kanem–Bornu Empire was a powerful and long-lasting Central African state centered around Lake Chad, known for its trans-Saharan trade, Islamic scholarship, and influential Saifawa dynasty.
-
A.
Kanem Empire
chosen
The Kanem Empire was a powerful medieval African kingdom centered around Lake Chad that flourished as a hub of trans-Saharan trade and Islamic scholarship from roughly the 9th to the 14th century.
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B.
Bambara Empire
The Bambara Empire was a powerful 17th–19th century West African state centered in present-day Mali, known for its military expansion, vibrant trade, and rich Bambara cultural traditions.
-
C.
Mali Empire
The Mali Empire was a powerful medieval West African state renowned for its wealth, trans-Saharan trade networks, and centers of Islamic learning such as Timbuktu.
-
D.
Fulani Empire
The Fulani Empire was a powerful 19th-century West African Islamic state centered in what is now northern Nigeria, established through a jihad that reshaped the region’s political and religious landscape.
-
E.
Songhai Empire
The Songhai Empire was a powerful and wealthy medieval West African state centered along the Niger River, renowned for its control of trans-Saharan trade and cities like Gao and Timbuktu.
- F. None of above.
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_69ca836094408190a36a1ea7e9a86fcd |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdcfd0d23081909510785ef8a186a3 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 2:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d6a7bbfdb0819080377d3402bcfec3 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:08 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d6aa7e6734819090e28156c30b00e3 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d6d02015bc8190a7041a7d725c8a1b |
completed | April 8, 2026, 10:01 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:57 p.m.