Triple

T14195098
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kayes, Mali E351815 entity
Predicate historicalEra P200 FINISHED
Object French Sudan
French Sudan was a former French colonial territory in West Africa that largely corresponds to present-day Mali and existed from the late 19th century until its independence in 1960.
E40373 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: French Sudan | Statement: [Kayes, Mali, historicalEra, French Sudan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French Sudan
Context triple: [Kayes, Mali, historicalEra, French Sudan]
  • A. French West Africa
    French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa that served as a major political and military base for France, especially during both World Wars.
  • B. Françafrique
    Françafrique refers to the web of post-colonial political, economic, and military influence and often opaque networks linking France to its former African colonies.
  • C. Mande
    Mande is a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family comprising numerous related languages spoken across West Africa, particularly in countries like Mali, Guinea, and Sierra Leone.
  • D. Fouta Toro
    Fouta Toro is a historic region along the Senegal River in northern Senegal, known as a center of Fulani culture and Islamic scholarship.
  • E. Mali
    Mali is a landlocked West African country known for its historic trading cities like Timbuktu, rich Sahelian culture, and significant role in the ancient Mali Empire.
  • 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: French Sudan
Triple: [Kayes, Mali, historicalEra, French Sudan]
Generated description
French Sudan was a former French colonial territory in West Africa that largely corresponds to present-day Mali and existed from the late 19th century until its independence in 1960.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French Sudan
Target entity description: French Sudan was a former French colonial territory in West Africa that largely corresponds to present-day Mali and existed from the late 19th century until its independence in 1960.
  • A. French West Africa
    French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa that served as a major political and military base for France, especially during both World Wars.
  • B. Françafrique
    Françafrique refers to the web of post-colonial political, economic, and military influence and often opaque networks linking France to its former African colonies.
  • C. Mande
    Mande is a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family comprising numerous related languages spoken across West Africa, particularly in countries like Mali, Guinea, and Sierra Leone.
  • D. Fouta Toro
    Fouta Toro is a historic region along the Senegal River in northern Senegal, known as a center of Fulani culture and Islamic scholarship.
  • E. Mali chosen
    Mali is a landlocked West African country known for its historic trading cities like Timbuktu, rich Sahelian culture, and significant role in the ancient Mali Empire.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d827894ac0819097803e57f3227b23 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de61e1fbd48190a4864fa4443f8f29 completed April 14, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd280aaa1c8190a957dfc2c624e3f6 completed May 8, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd2b3ae0c0819089bdc277d66b20ae completed May 8, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd2f51a2cc81908b222a1830e2c8e4 completed May 8, 2026, 12:33 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:04 a.m.