Triple

T19613824
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Royal Niger Company E470804 entity
Predicate controlledTerritory P16398 FINISHED
Object Lower Niger basin 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 basin | Statement: [Royal Niger Company, controlledTerritory, Lower Niger basin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lower Niger basin
Context triple: [Royal Niger Company, controlledTerritory, Lower Niger basin]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Sanaga River basin
    The Sanaga River basin is the extensive watershed in Cameroon that collects and channels rainfall and tributary flows into the Sanaga River, the country’s largest river system and a key resource for hydropower, ecosystems, and local livelihoods.
  • C. Niger River valley
    The Niger River valley is a fertile and historically significant region in West Africa that has long supported dense human settlement, agriculture, and trade along the course of the Niger River.
  • D. Athi River basin
    The Athi River basin is a major drainage basin in Kenya that collects waters from rivers such as the Nairobi River and ultimately feeds into the Indian Ocean.
  • E. Middle Niger region
    The Middle Niger region is a historically significant area of West Africa along the central course of the Niger River, known for its early urban civilizations, trade networks, and rich cultural heritage.
  • 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.