Triple

T1853921
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kingdom of Meroë E41659 entity
Predicate capital P234 FINISHED
Object Meroë
Meroë was an ancient city on the Nile in present-day Sudan that served as a major political and cultural center of the Kingdom of Kush, renowned for its pyramids, iron production, and distinctive Nubian civilization.
 E41659 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: Meroë | Statement: [Kingdom of Meroë, capital, Meroë]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Meroë
Context triple: [Kingdom of Meroë, capital, Meroë]
  • A. Kingdom of Meroë
    The Kingdom of Meroë was an ancient Nubian state centered along the Nile in what is now Sudan, renowned for its pyramids, iron production, and distinctive blend of African and Egyptian cultural traditions.
  • B. Kingdom of Kerma
    The Kingdom of Kerma was one of the earliest and most powerful Nubian states, flourishing along the Nile in what is now Sudan and serving as a major political and cultural rival to ancient Egypt.
  • C. Mahas Nubian
    Mahas Nubian is a variety of the Nobiin language traditionally spoken by Nubian communities along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
  • D. Nubia
    Nubia is a historic region along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, renowned for its ancient civilizations, archaeological sites, and monumental temples.
  • E. Kingdom of Napata
    The Kingdom of Napata was an ancient Nubian state centered at the city of Napata that rose to power along the Nile, at times ruling over Egypt as part of the Kushite dynasty.
  • 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: Meroë
Triple: [Kingdom of Meroë, capital, Meroë]
Generated description
Meroë was an ancient city on the Nile in present-day Sudan that served as a major political and cultural center of the Kingdom of Kush, renowned for its pyramids, iron production, and distinctive Nubian civilization.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Meroë
Target entity description: Meroë was an ancient city on the Nile in present-day Sudan that served as a major political and cultural center of the Kingdom of Kush, renowned for its pyramids, iron production, and distinctive Nubian civilization.
  • A. Kingdom of Meroë chosen
    The Kingdom of Meroë was an ancient Nubian state centered along the Nile in what is now Sudan, renowned for its pyramids, iron production, and distinctive blend of African and Egyptian cultural traditions.
  • B. Kingdom of Kerma
    The Kingdom of Kerma was one of the earliest and most powerful Nubian states, flourishing along the Nile in what is now Sudan and serving as a major political and cultural rival to ancient Egypt.
  • C. Mahas Nubian
    Mahas Nubian is a variety of the Nobiin language traditionally spoken by Nubian communities along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
  • D. Nubia
    Nubia is a historic region along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, renowned for its ancient civilizations, archaeological sites, and monumental temples.
  • E. Kingdom of Napata
    The Kingdom of Napata was an ancient Nubian state centered at the city of Napata that rose to power along the Nile, at times ruling over Egypt as part of the Kushite dynasty.
  • 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_69a8864a83848190a4ec02721306c511 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb06b3f08819092b3fbdff83b3097 completed March 7, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adeaddc9188190bd49d6605fd0e812 completed March 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adeb5118608190be99a12b7f6b97c5 completed March 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adec25a87081908f098df81de6eafb completed March 8, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.