Triple

T1863016
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gold Coast E34856 entity
Predicate borderedBy P224 FINISHED
Object Upper Volta region
The Upper Volta region was a former French colonial territory in West Africa that later became the independent nation of Burkina Faso.
E16190 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: Upper Volta region | Statement: [Gold Coast, borderedBy, Upper Volta region]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Upper Volta region
Context triple: [Gold Coast, borderedBy, Upper Volta region]
  • A. Ashanti Region
    The Ashanti Region is a central area of Ghana known for its rich Ashanti cultural heritage, historic kingdoms, and major city of Kumasi.
  • B. Dakar Region
    Dakar Region is the smallest yet most densely populated administrative region of Senegal, encompassing the nation’s capital and serving as its primary political, economic, and cultural hub.
  • C. Timbuktu Region
    Timbuktu Region is a vast, sparsely populated administrative area in northern Mali that includes the historic city of Timbuktu and has been a focal point of conflict and counterinsurgency operations in the Sahel.
  • D. Kidal Region
    Kidal Region is a sparsely populated, desert area in northeastern Mali that has been a focal point of Tuareg rebellions, Islamist insurgency, and French military intervention.
  • E. French West Africa
    French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa that served as a major political and military base for France, especially during both World Wars.
  • 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: Upper Volta region
Triple: [Gold Coast, borderedBy, Upper Volta region]
Generated description
The Upper Volta region was a former French colonial territory in West Africa that later became the independent nation of Burkina Faso.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Upper Volta region
Target entity description: The Upper Volta region was a former French colonial territory in West Africa that later became the independent nation of Burkina Faso.
  • A. Ashanti Region
    The Ashanti Region is a central area of Ghana known for its rich Ashanti cultural heritage, historic kingdoms, and major city of Kumasi.
  • B. Dakar Region
    Dakar Region is the smallest yet most densely populated administrative region of Senegal, encompassing the nation’s capital and serving as its primary political, economic, and cultural hub.
  • C. Timbuktu Region
    Timbuktu Region is a vast, sparsely populated administrative area in northern Mali that includes the historic city of Timbuktu and has been a focal point of conflict and counterinsurgency operations in the Sahel.
  • D. Kidal Region
    Kidal Region is a sparsely populated, desert area in northeastern Mali that has been a focal point of Tuareg rebellions, Islamist insurgency, and French military intervention.
  • E. French West Africa chosen
    French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa that served as a major political and military base for France, especially during both World Wars.
  • 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_69a88600b2f88190bc09303e68ab517e completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb09f856c8190807a7cf2a5f49fcb completed March 7, 2026, 4:59 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, 7:34 p.m.