Triple

T14153449
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject balafon E350747 entity
Predicate usedIn P98 FINISHED
Object Mandinka music
Mandinka music is a traditional West African musical style of the Mandinka people, characterized by rich oral storytelling, complex rhythms, and the use of instruments like the kora, balafon, and djembe.
 E1084432 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: Mandinka music | Statement: [balafon, usedIn, Mandinka music]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mandinka music
Context triple: [balafon, usedIn, Mandinka music]
  • A. Kumina music
    Kumina music is a traditional Afro-Jamaican religious and ceremonial music style characterized by complex drumming, call-and-response singing, and dance rooted in Central African spiritual practices.
  • B. Songhay
    Songhay is a group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily along the Niger River in Mali, Niger, and neighboring countries, historically associated with the Songhai Empire.
  • C. Jùjú music
    Jùjú music is a popular Nigerian musical genre that blends traditional Yoruba rhythms and percussion with modern instruments like the guitar to create lively, dance-oriented songs.
  • D. Mali Music
    Mali Music is an American singer, songwriter, and producer known for blending gospel, R&B, and soul with socially conscious and spiritual themes.
  • E. Kriyol
    Kriyol is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken primarily in the Casamance region of Senegal and neighboring areas.
  • 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: Mandinka music
Triple: [balafon, usedIn, Mandinka music]
Generated description
Mandinka music is a traditional West African musical style of the Mandinka people, characterized by rich oral storytelling, complex rhythms, and the use of instruments like the kora, balafon, and djembe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mandinka music
Target entity description: Mandinka music is a traditional West African musical style of the Mandinka people, characterized by rich oral storytelling, complex rhythms, and the use of instruments like the kora, balafon, and djembe.
  • A. Kumina music
    Kumina music is a traditional Afro-Jamaican religious and ceremonial music style characterized by complex drumming, call-and-response singing, and dance rooted in Central African spiritual practices.
  • B. Songhay
    Songhay is a group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily along the Niger River in Mali, Niger, and neighboring countries, historically associated with the Songhai Empire.
  • C. Jùjú music
    Jùjú music is a popular Nigerian musical genre that blends traditional Yoruba rhythms and percussion with modern instruments like the guitar to create lively, dance-oriented songs.
  • D. Mali Music
    Mali Music is an American singer, songwriter, and producer known for blending gospel, R&B, and soul with socially conscious and spiritual themes.
  • E. Kriyol
    Kriyol is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken primarily in the Casamance region of Senegal and neighboring areas.
  • 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_69d8278775fc8190b0802d22ca2f495d completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de6133754881908e1e97db71772deb completed April 14, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fcf7ea34408190830263d7f5a88ce9 completed May 7, 2026, 8:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd067e73708190adcb4e1c2fbf210d completed May 7, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd0c5161dc8190a923c5b00dc5b53a completed May 7, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:57 a.m.