Triple
T12256700
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kano Emirate (pre-jihad Hausa state) |
E292120
|
entity |
| Predicate | followedBy |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Kano Emirate within the Sokoto Caliphate |
E292120
|
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: Kano Emirate within the Sokoto Caliphate | Statement: [Kano Emirate (pre-jihad Hausa state), followedBy, Kano Emirate within the Sokoto Caliphate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kano Emirate within the Sokoto Caliphate Context triple: [Kano Emirate (pre-jihad Hausa state), followedBy, Kano Emirate within the Sokoto Caliphate]
-
A.
Kano Emirate (pre-jihad Hausa state)
chosen
The Kano Emirate (pre-jihad Hausa state) was a powerful and long-standing Hausa kingdom centered on the city of Kano in what is now northern Nigeria, known for its thriving trans-Saharan trade, Islamic scholarship, and sophisticated urban culture before its incorporation into the Sokoto Caliphate.
-
B.
Sokoto Caliphate
The Sokoto Caliphate was a powerful 19th-century Islamic empire in West Africa that became a major center of Islamic learning, governance, and trade.
-
C.
Borno Emirate
Borno Emirate is a traditional Islamic state and historic polity in northeastern Nigeria, rooted in the legacy of the Kanem-Borno Empire and centered in the modern-day state of Borno.
-
D.
Zazzau Emirate
Zazzau Emirate is a historic Hausa kingdom and traditional emirate centered on the city of Zaria, known for its role as a major political and commercial hub in precolonial northern Nigeria.
-
E.
Zaria Emirate
Zaria Emirate is a traditional Hausa-Fulani Islamic state and emirate in northern Nigeria, historically subordinate to the Sokoto Caliphate and centered around the ancient city of Zaria (Zazzau).
- 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_69d6ab67950c8190be08450a06228c4b |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d91cc9dd5081908880061d52351850 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f60abfc8588190ab9300c6e5e59092 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 2:31 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.