Triple
T12431003
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zaria Emirate |
E297027
|
entity |
| Predicate | locatedIn |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Northern Nigeria Protectorate (historical) |
E60432
|
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: Northern Nigeria Protectorate (historical) | Statement: [Zaria Emirate, locatedIn, Northern Nigeria Protectorate (historical)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Nigeria Protectorate (historical) Context triple: [Zaria Emirate, locatedIn, Northern Nigeria Protectorate (historical)]
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A.
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
chosen
The Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was a British colonial entity in West Africa that unified several previously separate territories into what later became the modern nation-state of Nigeria.
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B.
Dominion of Nigeria
The Dominion of Nigeria was a British Commonwealth realm that existed from Nigeria’s independence in 1960 until it became a republic in 1963, with the British monarch as its ceremonial head of state.
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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.
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D.
Kano Emirate (pre-jihad Hausa state)
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.
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E.
North West Nigeria
North West Nigeria is a geopolitical zone of Nigeria comprising several predominantly Hausa-speaking states, known for its large population, historic emirates, and significant role in the country’s politics and agriculture.
- 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_69d6ada0640c81908c061d7fb3d47786 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d94d7f2fd08190ab959742dbd8f9c0 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6349d29c481909a37fd386cc06575 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:30 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:55 p.m.