Triple

T19672496
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tanzam Highway E472366 entity
Predicate borderCrossing P4105 FINISHED
Object Tanzania–Zambia border
The Tanzania–Zambia border is the international boundary in East and Southern Africa separating Tanzania from Zambia, crossed by major transport routes such as the Tanzam Highway and the TAZARA Railway.
E1389197 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: Tanzania–Zambia border | Statement: [Tanzam Highway, borderCrossing, Tanzania–Zambia border]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tanzania–Zambia border
Context triple: [Tanzam Highway, borderCrossing, Tanzania–Zambia border]
  • A. Tanzania–Mozambique border
    The Tanzania–Mozambique border is the international boundary separating Tanzania and Mozambique in East Africa, running partly along the Ruvuma River and extending to the Indian Ocean.
  • B. Malawi–Tanzania border
    The Malawi–Tanzania border is an international boundary in southeastern Africa that largely follows the northern part of Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa) and has been a focal point of regional territorial and resource disputes.
  • C. Zambia–Mozambique border
    The Zambia–Mozambique border is an international boundary in southeastern Africa separating landlocked Zambia from coastal Mozambique, crossing varied terrain including river valleys and rural regions.
  • D. Malawi–Mozambique border
    The Malawi–Mozambique border is an international boundary in southeastern Africa that largely follows the course of Lake Malawi and surrounding rift valley terrain, separating the countries of Malawi and Mozambique.
  • E. Zimbabwe–Zambia border
    The Zimbabwe–Zambia border is an international boundary in southern Africa that runs largely along the Zambezi River and includes the famous Victoria Falls.
  • 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: Tanzania–Zambia border
Triple: [Tanzam Highway, borderCrossing, Tanzania–Zambia border]
Generated description
The Tanzania–Zambia border is the international boundary in East and Southern Africa separating Tanzania from Zambia, crossed by major transport routes such as the Tanzam Highway and the TAZARA Railway.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tanzania–Zambia border
Target entity description: The Tanzania–Zambia border is the international boundary in East and Southern Africa separating Tanzania from Zambia, crossed by major transport routes such as the Tanzam Highway and the TAZARA Railway.
  • A. Tanzania–Mozambique border
    The Tanzania–Mozambique border is the international boundary separating Tanzania and Mozambique in East Africa, running partly along the Ruvuma River and extending to the Indian Ocean.
  • B. Malawi–Tanzania border
    The Malawi–Tanzania border is an international boundary in southeastern Africa that largely follows the northern part of Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa) and has been a focal point of regional territorial and resource disputes.
  • C. Zambia–Mozambique border
    The Zambia–Mozambique border is an international boundary in southeastern Africa separating landlocked Zambia from coastal Mozambique, crossing varied terrain including river valleys and rural regions.
  • D. Malawi–Mozambique border
    The Malawi–Mozambique border is an international boundary in southeastern Africa that largely follows the course of Lake Malawi and surrounding rift valley terrain, separating the countries of Malawi and Mozambique.
  • E. Zimbabwe–Zambia border
    The Zimbabwe–Zambia border is an international boundary in southern Africa that runs largely along the Zambezi River and includes the famous Victoria Falls.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69d8e514f2e08190ba70a4449519d218 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6416d61008190af531c6d346d7da1 completed April 20, 2026, 3:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0787c08af48190a7253a74bca96aa6 completed May 15, 2026, 8:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07889ccc9c8190be812f5c9eb0bfe7 completed May 15, 2026, 8:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a078a1b11ec81908671f431c39b9496 completed May 15, 2026, 9:03 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:45 p.m.