Triple
T14797734
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Slave Coast |
E347822
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedPolity |
P1815
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Yoruba city-states |
E966733
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Yoruba city-states | Statement: [Slave Coast, associatedPolity, Yoruba city-states]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yoruba city-states Context triple: [Slave Coast, associatedPolity, Yoruba city-states]
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A.
Yoruba states
chosen
The Yoruba states were a group of culturally related but politically distinct precolonial kingdoms in what is now southwestern Nigeria and neighboring regions, known for their sophisticated urban centers, complex political systems, and rich artistic and religious traditions.
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B.
Efik city-states
The Efik city-states were a network of influential coastal trading polities in the Cross River region of southeastern Nigeria, historically dominated by the Efik people and central to Atlantic commerce and cultural exchange.
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C.
Ekiti Kingdoms
Ekiti Kingdoms were a group of historically related Yoruba polities in what is now southwestern Nigeria, known for their shared language, culture, and political traditions.
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D.
Hausa city-states
The Hausa city-states were a network of powerful, walled urban centers in what is now northern Nigeria and surrounding regions, known for their role as hubs of trans-Saharan trade, Islamic scholarship, and Hausa culture before colonial rule.
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E.
Ile-Ife monarchy
The Ile-Ife monarchy is the ancient Yoruba royal institution centered in Ile-Ife, regarded as the spiritual and historical cradle of the Yoruba people and led by the Ooni of Ife.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d822ea8b7c819097dfadf3d45545e6 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69decd6131f08190885f1d27b4bfac7a |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe24c0beb0819081a124479a849bb6 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 6 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:31 a.m.