Triple
T19613823
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Royal Niger Company |
E470804
|
entity |
| Predicate | controlledTerritory |
P16398
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Niger Coast hinterland |
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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: Niger Coast hinterland | Statement: [Royal Niger Company, controlledTerritory, Niger Coast hinterland]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Niger Coast hinterland Context triple: [Royal Niger Company, controlledTerritory, Niger Coast hinterland]
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A.
Gulf of Guinea hinterland
The Gulf of Guinea hinterland is the inland region of West-Central Africa lying behind the Gulf of Guinea’s coastal zone, encompassing diverse highland, forest, and savanna areas including parts of Cameroon around Buea.
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B.
Cross River region
The Cross River region is an area in southeastern Nigeria known for its rich cultural diversity, including communities that speak the Efik language.
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C.
Ogoniland
Ogoniland is an oil-rich coastal region in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, known for its Ogoni inhabitants and for severe environmental degradation linked to decades of petroleum extraction.
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D.
Ubangi River region
The Ubangi River region is a central African area along the Ubangi River, spanning parts of the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for its linguistic and cultural diversity.
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E.
Niger Delta
chosen
The Niger Delta is a vast, oil-rich coastal region in southern Nigeria known for its complex network of creeks and mangrove swamps, significant petroleum production, and associated environmental and social challenges.
- 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.