Triple

T312338
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Khartoum E7633 entity
Predicate wasMahdistCapital P4099 FINISHED
Object Mahdist Sudan
Mahdist Sudan was a late 19th-century Islamic state in the Sudanese region established by Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi after his revolt against Ottoman-Egyptian and British rule.
E56838 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Mahdist Sudan | Statement: [Khartoum, wasMahdistCapital, Mahdist Sudan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahdist Sudan
Context triple: [Khartoum, wasMahdistCapital, Mahdist Sudan]
  • A. Sudan
    Sudan is a large Northeast African country along the Nile River, known for its diverse cultures, ancient Nubian history, and a modern history marked by civil conflict and the secession of South Sudan.
  • B. Kingdom of Meroë
    The Kingdom of Meroë was an ancient Nubian state centered along the Nile in what is now Sudan, renowned for its pyramids, iron production, and distinctive blend of African and Egyptian cultural traditions.
  • C. Nubia
    Nubia is a historic region along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, renowned for its ancient civilizations, archaeological sites, and monumental temples.
  • D. South Sudan
    South Sudan is a landlocked country in East-Central Africa that gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and has since faced ongoing political instability and humanitarian challenges.
  • E. Ghadamès
    Ghadamès is an ancient oasis town in western Libya, renowned for its well-preserved Saharan architecture and UNESCO-listed historic old quarter.
  • 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: Mahdist Sudan
Triple: [Khartoum, wasMahdistCapital, Mahdist Sudan]
Generated description
Mahdist Sudan was a late 19th-century Islamic state in the Sudanese region established by Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi after his revolt against Ottoman-Egyptian and British rule.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahdist Sudan
Target entity description: Mahdist Sudan was a late 19th-century Islamic state in the Sudanese region established by Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi after his revolt against Ottoman-Egyptian and British rule.
  • A. Sudan
    Sudan is a large Northeast African country along the Nile River, known for its diverse cultures, ancient Nubian history, and a modern history marked by civil conflict and the secession of South Sudan.
  • B. Kingdom of Meroë
    The Kingdom of Meroë was an ancient Nubian state centered along the Nile in what is now Sudan, renowned for its pyramids, iron production, and distinctive blend of African and Egyptian cultural traditions.
  • C. Nubia
    Nubia is a historic region along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, renowned for its ancient civilizations, archaeological sites, and monumental temples.
  • D. South Sudan
    South Sudan is a landlocked country in East-Central Africa that gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and has since faced ongoing political instability and humanitarian challenges.
  • E. Ghadamès
    Ghadamès is an ancient oasis town in western Libya, renowned for its well-preserved Saharan architecture and UNESCO-listed historic old quarter.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: wasMahdistCapital
Context triple: [Khartoum, wasMahdistCapital, Mahdist Sudan]
  • A. formerCapitalOf
    Indicates that a place once served as the capital of another entity (such as a country or region) but no longer holds that status.
  • B. regionalOrganizationCapital
    Indicates that a city serves as the capital or administrative center of a specified regional organization.
  • C. capitalOfProvincePreviouslyLocatedOn
    Indicates that an entity serves or served as the capital city of a province that was formerly situated in a specified location.
  • D. ancestralSeatOf
    Indicates that one entity is the traditional or original home, origin place, or foundational location associated with the lineage, heritage, or authority of another entity.
  • E. wasFirstCapitalOf chosen
    Indicates that one place previously served as the earliest or original capital city of another political or administrative entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a2e7e7af7881908890039d6be4e9b8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ea4aa16881909b2c8404b85992df completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a447f722808190874ec3f4692af179 completed March 1, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a448693f308190990ea9ac33117ffe completed March 1, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a448bd4ff08190aacf6fb8517f3244 completed March 1, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2e940b9e8819092b821ff17ed026b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:07 p.m.