Triple

T14735900
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Toucouleur people E346205 entity
Predicate historicalState P4711 FINISHED
Object Toucouleur Empire
The Toucouleur Empire was a 19th-century West African Islamic state founded by the reformer and conqueror El Hadj Umar Tall, encompassing large parts of present-day Mali, Senegal, and Guinea.
E1117778 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: Toucouleur Empire | Statement: [Toucouleur people, historicalState, Toucouleur Empire]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toucouleur Empire
Context triple: [Toucouleur people, historicalState, Toucouleur Empire]
  • A. Kingdom of Dahomey
    The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful precolonial West African state known for its centralized monarchy, extensive involvement in the Atlantic slave trade, and elite corps of women warriors often called the Dahomey Amazons.
  • B. Kingdom of Kouandé
    The Kingdom of Kouandé was a precolonial Bariba state located in what is now northern Benin, known for its regional political and cultural influence.
  • C. Colony of Dahomey
    The Colony of Dahomey was a French colonial territory in West Africa that later became the independent nation of Benin.
  • D. French Equatorial Africa
    French Equatorial Africa was a federation of French colonial territories in central Africa that served as an important political and military base for Free French forces during World War II.
  • E. Kingdom of Cayor
    The Kingdom of Cayor was a prominent precolonial Wolof state in what is now Senegal, known for its political power, resistance to French expansion, and central role in the history of Senegambia.
  • 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: Toucouleur Empire
Triple: [Toucouleur people, historicalState, Toucouleur Empire]
Generated description
The Toucouleur Empire was a 19th-century West African Islamic state founded by the reformer and conqueror El Hadj Umar Tall, encompassing large parts of present-day Mali, Senegal, and Guinea.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toucouleur Empire
Target entity description: The Toucouleur Empire was a 19th-century West African Islamic state founded by the reformer and conqueror El Hadj Umar Tall, encompassing large parts of present-day Mali, Senegal, and Guinea.
  • A. Kingdom of Dahomey
    The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful precolonial West African state known for its centralized monarchy, extensive involvement in the Atlantic slave trade, and elite corps of women warriors often called the Dahomey Amazons.
  • B. Kingdom of Kouandé
    The Kingdom of Kouandé was a precolonial Bariba state located in what is now northern Benin, known for its regional political and cultural influence.
  • C. Colony of Dahomey
    The Colony of Dahomey was a French colonial territory in West Africa that later became the independent nation of Benin.
  • D. French Equatorial Africa
    French Equatorial Africa was a federation of French colonial territories in central Africa that served as an important political and military base for Free French forces during World War II.
  • E. Kingdom of Cayor
    The Kingdom of Cayor was a prominent precolonial Wolof state in what is now Senegal, known for its political power, resistance to French expansion, and central role in the history of Senegambia.
  • 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_69d822e6f1c88190bc494d491a907114 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dec73114cc819088e1101b689fc70b completed April 14, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fdfb8e0d488190851d73b75ba4c0a6 completed May 8, 2026, 3:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe0091cea48190a473f8602b05fe7c completed May 8, 2026, 3:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe010ab2b88190a1099ebba77d4d8b completed May 8, 2026, 3:28 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:29 a.m.