Triple

T14664784
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bamako–Dakar Railway E344338 entity
Predicate borderCrossing P4105 FINISHED
Object Mali–Senegal border
The Mali–Senegal border is the international boundary in West Africa separating landlocked Mali from coastal Senegal, traversing largely sparsely populated Sahelian terrain.
E1118160 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: Mali–Senegal border | Statement: [Bamako–Dakar Railway, borderCrossing, Mali–Senegal border]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mali–Senegal border
Context triple: [Bamako–Dakar Railway, borderCrossing, Mali–Senegal border]
  • A. Mali–Niger border
    The Mali–Niger border is a sparsely populated, Sahelian frontier region in West Africa that has become a hotspot of insecurity, armed group activity, and international counterterrorism operations.
  • B. Mali–Algeria border
    The Mali–Algeria border is a remote, largely desert frontier in the central Sahara that separates northern Mali from southern Algeria and has strategic significance for trans-Saharan trade and security.
  • C. Mali–Burkina Faso border region
    The Mali–Burkina Faso border region is a sparsely governed Sahelian frontier zone marked by desert and semi-arid landscapes, where state presence is weak and jihadist insurgencies, communal violence, and illicit trafficking are widespread.
  • D. Niger–Burkina Faso border
    The Niger–Burkina Faso border is a frequently contested frontier in the central Sahel, marked by insecurity, militant activity, and joint regional military operations.
  • E. Burkina Faso–Togo border region
    The Burkina Faso–Togo border region is a sparsely populated West African frontier area characterized by savanna landscapes, cross-border ethnic communities, and shared river systems that support agriculture and pastoralism.
  • 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: Mali–Senegal border
Triple: [Bamako–Dakar Railway, borderCrossing, Mali–Senegal border]
Generated description
The Mali–Senegal border is the international boundary in West Africa separating landlocked Mali from coastal Senegal, traversing largely sparsely populated Sahelian terrain.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mali–Senegal border
Target entity description: The Mali–Senegal border is the international boundary in West Africa separating landlocked Mali from coastal Senegal, traversing largely sparsely populated Sahelian terrain.
  • A. Mali–Niger border
    The Mali–Niger border is a sparsely populated, Sahelian frontier region in West Africa that has become a hotspot of insecurity, armed group activity, and international counterterrorism operations.
  • B. Mali–Algeria border
    The Mali–Algeria border is a remote, largely desert frontier in the central Sahara that separates northern Mali from southern Algeria and has strategic significance for trans-Saharan trade and security.
  • C. Mali–Burkina Faso border region
    The Mali–Burkina Faso border region is a sparsely governed Sahelian frontier zone marked by desert and semi-arid landscapes, where state presence is weak and jihadist insurgencies, communal violence, and illicit trafficking are widespread.
  • D. Niger–Burkina Faso border
    The Niger–Burkina Faso border is a frequently contested frontier in the central Sahel, marked by insecurity, militant activity, and joint regional military operations.
  • E. Burkina Faso–Togo border region
    The Burkina Faso–Togo border region is a sparsely populated West African frontier area characterized by savanna landscapes, cross-border ethnic communities, and shared river systems that support agriculture and pastoralism.
  • 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_69d822e283fc8190a0e4c235cf880052 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb54c69f8819080a37161deecfba8 completed April 14, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fdfb7c7df88190a4e551a12f6e8158 completed May 8, 2026, 3:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe08c5131881908d29c8dfc6c0b7cd completed May 8, 2026, 4:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe093c3cf88190bff00387f7516295 completed May 8, 2026, 4:03 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:27 a.m.