Triple
T19613810
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Royal Niger Company |
E470804
|
entity |
| Predicate | operatedIn |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Lower Niger |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Lower Niger | Statement: [Royal Niger Company, operatedIn, Lower Niger]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lower Niger Context triple: [Royal Niger Company, operatedIn, Lower Niger]
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A.
Volta–Niger
Volta–Niger is a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family comprising numerous languages spoken primarily in southern Nigeria and neighboring regions of West Africa.
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B.
Mali River
The Mali River is a major river in northern Myanmar that originates in the Himalayas and joins with the N’Mai River to form the Irrawaddy, the country’s principal waterway.
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C.
Benue River
The Benue River is a major West African waterway and the largest tributary of the Niger River, flowing through Cameroon and Nigeria and serving as an important route for transport, agriculture, and fishing.
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D.
Lower Niger region
chosen
The Lower Niger region is a linguistically diverse area of southern Nigeria encompassing the lower reaches of the Niger River, known for its dense concentration of Niger-Congo language groups and complex cultural interactions.
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E.
Niger River
The Niger River is a major West African river that flows in a great arc through countries including Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8e510fa248190b7afb274a1d4cf73 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:54 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e640ce272481909688527f72d2c976 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:05 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:43 p.m.