Triple
T21665111
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Southern Malawi |
E534692
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasUrbanCenter |
P2106
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Balaka |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Balaka | Statement: [Southern Malawi, hasUrbanCenter, Balaka]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Balaka Context triple: [Southern Malawi, hasUrbanCenter, Balaka]
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A.
Kinshaldy
Kinshaldy is a coastal area in Fife, Scotland, known for its expansive sandy beach, dunes, and proximity to Tentsmuir Forest.
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B.
Bosambo
Bosambo is a prominent fictional African chief featured in Edgar Wallace’s "Sanders of the River" stories, known for his cunning, charisma, and complex relationship with colonial authority.
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C.
Goma
Goma is a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on the northern shore of Lake Kivu, known as a gateway to Virunga National Park and for its proximity to the active Nyiragongo volcano.
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D.
Kabanjahe
Kabanjahe is a principal town and administrative center in North Sumatra, Indonesia, known as a hub of Karo culture and gateway to the surrounding highland region.
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E.
Bunia
Bunia is a city in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that has been a focal point of regional conflict and international peacekeeping efforts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Balaka Target entity description: Balaka is a town in southern Malawi that serves as an important local commercial and transportation hub.
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A.
Kinshaldy
Kinshaldy is a coastal area in Fife, Scotland, known for its expansive sandy beach, dunes, and proximity to Tentsmuir Forest.
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B.
Bosambo
Bosambo is a prominent fictional African chief featured in Edgar Wallace’s "Sanders of the River" stories, known for his cunning, charisma, and complex relationship with colonial authority.
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C.
Goma
Goma is a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on the northern shore of Lake Kivu, known as a gateway to Virunga National Park and for its proximity to the active Nyiragongo volcano.
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D.
Kabanjahe
Kabanjahe is a principal town and administrative center in North Sumatra, Indonesia, known as a hub of Karo culture and gateway to the surrounding highland region.
-
E.
Bunia
Bunia is a city in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that has been a focal point of regional conflict and international peacekeeping efforts.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69e0c467e1f48190af2650b19175abc4 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ef6c0b26c8819092c13e59dcc3c25c |
completed | April 27, 2026, 2 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:36 p.m.