Triple
T14591123
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Husuni Kubwa palace |
E342444
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Kilwa Sultanate
The Kilwa Sultanate was a powerful medieval Swahili trading state on the East African coast that dominated Indian Ocean commerce in gold, ivory, and other goods between the 10th and 16th centuries.
|
E68268
|
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: Kilwa Sultanate | Statement: [Husuni Kubwa palace, associatedWith, Kilwa Sultanate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kilwa Sultanate Context triple: [Husuni Kubwa palace, associatedWith, Kilwa Sultanate]
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A.
Kilwa Kisiwani
Kilwa Kisiwani is a historic Swahili coastal city-state in present-day Tanzania that flourished as a powerful center of Indian Ocean trade between Africa, Arabia, and Asia from the medieval period onward.
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B.
Kilwa Masoko
Kilwa Masoko is a coastal town in southeastern Tanzania known as a local hub for fishing, trade, and access to the historic Kilwa Kisiwani ruins.
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C.
Mutapa Kingdom
The Mutapa Kingdom was a powerful Shona state in south-central Africa, renowned for its control of regional gold trade and its political dominance following the decline of Great Zimbabwe.
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D.
Maravi Empire
The Maravi Empire was a powerful precolonial Central African state that flourished from about the 15th to 18th centuries in the region of present-day Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, serving as an important center of trade and culture for the Chewa and related peoples.
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E.
Wadai Sultanate
The Wadai Sultanate was a powerful pre-colonial Islamic kingdom in central Africa, centered in what is now eastern Chad, that dominated regional trade and politics from the early modern period until French conquest in the early 20th century.
- 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: Kilwa Sultanate Triple: [Husuni Kubwa palace, associatedWith, Kilwa Sultanate]
Generated description
The Kilwa Sultanate was a powerful medieval Swahili trading state on the East African coast that dominated Indian Ocean commerce in gold, ivory, and other goods between the 10th and 16th centuries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kilwa Sultanate Target entity description: The Kilwa Sultanate was a powerful medieval Swahili trading state on the East African coast that dominated Indian Ocean commerce in gold, ivory, and other goods between the 10th and 16th centuries.
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A.
Kilwa Kisiwani
chosen
Kilwa Kisiwani is a historic Swahili coastal city-state in present-day Tanzania that flourished as a powerful center of Indian Ocean trade between Africa, Arabia, and Asia from the medieval period onward.
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B.
Kilwa Masoko
Kilwa Masoko is a coastal town in southeastern Tanzania known as a local hub for fishing, trade, and access to the historic Kilwa Kisiwani ruins.
-
C.
Mutapa Kingdom
The Mutapa Kingdom was a powerful Shona state in south-central Africa, renowned for its control of regional gold trade and its political dominance following the decline of Great Zimbabwe.
-
D.
Maravi Empire
The Maravi Empire was a powerful precolonial Central African state that flourished from about the 15th to 18th centuries in the region of present-day Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, serving as an important center of trade and culture for the Chewa and related peoples.
-
E.
Wadai Sultanate
The Wadai Sultanate was a powerful pre-colonial Islamic kingdom in central Africa, centered in what is now eastern Chad, that dominated regional trade and politics from the early modern period until French conquest in the early 20th century.
- 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_69d822ddc0f081909cd8163c7de298cd |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69deb4249af08190962009741d1f7d41 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe729f894881908647da558bef1031 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:32 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fe732a6e148190814cf358bafb76b4 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:35 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fe73fe39508190aa9b78617b729b51 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:38 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:24 a.m.