Triple
T13041742
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Borno Emirate |
E327209
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalPrecursor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Kanem-Borno Empire |
E227595
|
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: Kanem-Borno Empire | Statement: [Borno Emirate, historicalPrecursor, Kanem-Borno Empire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kanem-Borno Empire Context triple: [Borno Emirate, historicalPrecursor, Kanem-Borno Empire]
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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.
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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.
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.
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E.
Sultanate of Sennar
The Sultanate of Sennar was a powerful Islamic kingdom in what is now Sudan, centered on the Blue Nile and dominant in the region from the early 16th to the 19th century.
- 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_69d8076e64308190904fb5c93517c901 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9804f0318819081516e2ca1de6797 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:57 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6cbd5139c8190aaec6487f074f251 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 4:15 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 8:56 p.m.