Triple

T12256906
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fulani Empire E292125 entity
Predicate expandedInto P9117 FINISHED
Object Northern Burkina Faso
Northern Burkina Faso is a Sahelian region of Burkina Faso historically shaped by Fulani expansion and influence.
E972854 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: Northern Burkina Faso | Statement: [Fulani Empire, expandedInto, Northern Burkina Faso]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Burkina Faso
Context triple: [Fulani Empire, expandedInto, Northern Burkina Faso]
  • A. eastern Mali
    Eastern Mali is a sparsely populated Sahelian region of Mali that includes the historic trading city of Gao along the Niger River and is known for its desert landscapes and security challenges.
  • B. Ouagadougou region
    The Ouagadougou region is a central area of Burkina Faso that includes the national capital and serves as a cultural and political heartland of the Mossi people.
  • C. Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso
    Tenkodogo is a historic town in eastern Burkina Faso, considered one of the country’s oldest settlements and an important regional center for the Gurma people.
  • D. Southern Niger
    Southern Niger is a predominantly Hausa-inhabited region of Niger known for its dense population, agricultural activity, and role as a cultural and economic heartland of the country.
  • E. southern Mali
    Southern Mali is a predominantly rural region of Mali characterized by its savanna landscapes, agricultural activity (especially cotton production), and relatively higher population density compared to the country’s arid north.
  • 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: Northern Burkina Faso
Triple: [Fulani Empire, expandedInto, Northern Burkina Faso]
Generated description
Northern Burkina Faso is a Sahelian region of Burkina Faso historically shaped by Fulani expansion and influence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Burkina Faso
Target entity description: Northern Burkina Faso is a Sahelian region of Burkina Faso historically shaped by Fulani expansion and influence.
  • A. eastern Mali
    Eastern Mali is a sparsely populated Sahelian region of Mali that includes the historic trading city of Gao along the Niger River and is known for its desert landscapes and security challenges.
  • B. Ouagadougou region
    The Ouagadougou region is a central area of Burkina Faso that includes the national capital and serves as a cultural and political heartland of the Mossi people.
  • C. Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso
    Tenkodogo is a historic town in eastern Burkina Faso, considered one of the country’s oldest settlements and an important regional center for the Gurma people.
  • D. Southern Niger
    Southern Niger is a predominantly Hausa-inhabited region of Niger known for its dense population, agricultural activity, and role as a cultural and economic heartland of the country.
  • E. southern Mali
    Southern Mali is a predominantly rural region of Mali characterized by its savanna landscapes, agricultural activity (especially cotton production), and relatively higher population density compared to the country’s arid north.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69d6ab67950c8190be08450a06228c4b completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91ccadc3c81908fe68adc3fdcc851 completed April 10, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f60abfc8588190ab9300c6e5e59092 completed May 2, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f61a13fd1481908a06ca65b276e0e1 completed May 2, 2026, 3:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f61ad2bd0c8190ada37bc1f8ae160f completed May 2, 2026, 3:40 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.