Triple
T2654261
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Northeast Africa |
E53971
|
entity |
| Predicate | contains |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sahara Desert (eastern part) |
E10378
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Sahara Desert (eastern part) | Statement: [Northeast Africa, contains, Sahara Desert (eastern part)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sahara Desert (eastern part) Context triple: [Northeast Africa, contains, Sahara Desert (eastern part)]
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A.
Nubian Desert
The Nubian Desert is a hyper-arid region of the eastern Sahara in northeastern Sudan and northern Eritrea, characterized by rocky plateaus, sand dunes, and sparse vegetation along the Nile.
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B.
Sahara Desert
chosen
The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest hot desert, spanning much of North Africa with vast sand seas, rocky plateaus, and extreme arid conditions.
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C.
Central Sahara
The Central Sahara is a vast, arid desert region in north-central Africa characterized by extreme climatic conditions, sparse population, and a long history of trans-Saharan trade and nomadic cultures.
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D.
Libyan Desert
The Libyan Desert is a harsh, arid expanse in the eastern Sahara, spanning parts of Libya and neighboring countries and characterized by vast sand seas, rocky plateaus, and extreme climatic conditions.
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E.
Western Desert
The Western Desert is a sparsely populated arid region in northeastern Africa, primarily in Egypt and Libya, that was a major theater of combat during the North African Campaign of World War II.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ab495e192081909c77b622e8e7e15a |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd932a35881909568839589f12062 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:52 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af98d0dbd08190a317dfe1844840c5 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 4:06 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:53 p.m.