Triple

T1362994
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Congo River E29137 entity
Predicate historicalNameUsedBy P2834 FINISHED
Object Zaire (country name 1971–1997) E9695 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Zaire (country name 1971–1997) | Statement: [Congo River, historicalNameUsedBy, Zaire (country name 1971–1997)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zaire (country name 1971–1997)
Context triple: [Congo River, historicalNameUsedBy, Zaire (country name 1971–1997)]
  • A. Muanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Muanda is a coastal town and oil port in the far west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, situated on the Atlantic Ocean close to the country’s short coastline.
  • B. Democratic Republic of the Congo chosen
    The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast, resource-rich Central African nation known for the Congo River basin, extensive rainforests, and a history marked by colonial exploitation and ongoing political instability.
  • C. Republic of the Congo
    The Republic of the Congo is a Central African nation along the Atlantic coast, known for its vast tropical rainforests, rich biodiversity, and significant oil and mineral resources.
  • D. Zambia
    Zambia is a landlocked country in south-central Africa known for the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River, diverse wildlife, and copper-rich economy.
  • E. Zimbabwe
    Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa known for its dramatic landscapes, diverse wildlife, and historical sites such as Victoria Falls and the Great Zimbabwe ruins.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: historicalNameUsedBy
Context triple: [Congo River, historicalNameUsedBy, Zaire (country name 1971–1997)]
  • A. historicallyRecognizedAs
    Indicates that an entity has been acknowledged or designated under a particular name, status, or role during a past historical period.
  • B. historicallyBorneBy chosen
    Indicates that an entity has carried, possessed, or used another entity (such as a name, title, or symbol) at some point in the past.
  • C. previousNameUsedUntil
    Indicates that a particular name was used for an entity up to (but not necessarily including) a specified end date or time.
  • D. formerName
    Indicates that an entity was previously known by a different name in the past.
  • E. historicallyUsedFor
    Indicates that something served a particular function or purpose at some point in the past, even if it may no longer be used that way now.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69a498d77abc8190913bf57e5f51d2c4 completed March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c2b4ab3c8190ad692e32eee05976 completed March 1, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acce7449548190917277dbc715cde4 completed March 8, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4bef945c08190a027472fdd695ea5 completed March 1, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:57 p.m.