Triple
T14057947
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sosso state |
E338266
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Western Sudan (historical region) |
E986275
|
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: Western Sudan (historical region) | Statement: [Sosso state, partOf, Western Sudan (historical region)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Sudan (historical region) Context triple: [Sosso state, partOf, Western Sudan (historical region)]
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A.
western Sudan
Western Sudan is a region of Sudan characterized by its diverse ethnic groups, languages, and cultures, including communities that speak the Taman languages.
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B.
Sudan region
chosen
The Sudan region is a vast geographic and cultural belt of northeastern Africa stretching across several modern countries, historically known as a crossroads of Saharan trade and diverse African civilizations.
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C.
Sudanic belt
The Sudanic belt is a broad linguistic and cultural zone across central Africa characterized by a continuum of languages and shared historical interactions between diverse ethnic groups.
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D.
Middle Niger region
The Middle Niger region is a historically significant area of West Africa along the central course of the Niger River, known for its early urban civilizations, trade networks, and rich cultural heritage.
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E.
eastern Sudan
Eastern Sudan is a region of Sudan along the Red Sea coast, known for its strategic port city of Port Sudan and its ethnically diverse, largely arid landscapes.
- 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_69d81c67ba6c819091935650dfb3b895 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de3c8e6d008190af8892f34c5cefbd |
completed | April 14, 2026, 1:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fcb662c37c8190a629278a97060080 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 3:57 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:20 p.m.