Triple

T3220802
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ghana Empire E67506 entity
Predicate capital P234 FINISHED
Object Koumbi Saleh
Koumbi Saleh was the principal urban and commercial center of the medieval West African Ghana Empire, renowned as a hub of trans-Saharan trade in gold and other goods.
E339372 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: Koumbi Saleh | Statement: [Ghana Empire, capital, Koumbi Saleh]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Koumbi Saleh
Context triple: [Ghana Empire, capital, Koumbi Saleh]
  • A. Tarhuna
    Tarhuna is a town in northwestern Libya, southeast of Tripoli, known for its strategic role and tribal influence during the Libyan civil conflicts.
  • B. Gash‑Barka
    Gash‑Barka is a largely agricultural region in southwestern Eritrea known for its fertile land and role as one of the country’s main food-producing areas.
  • C. Gourna
    Gourna is a small coastal settlement on the Greek island of Leros, known for its quiet beaches and traditional island character.
  • D. Kidal
    Kidal is a remote desert town in northeastern Mali that serves as a key cultural and political center for Tuareg communities in the Adagh region.
  • E. Tachelhit
    Tachelhit is a Berber (Amazigh) language spoken primarily in southwestern Morocco, especially in the Souss region and the High Atlas mountains.
  • 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: Koumbi Saleh
Triple: [Ghana Empire, capital, Koumbi Saleh]
Generated description
Koumbi Saleh was the principal urban and commercial center of the medieval West African Ghana Empire, renowned as a hub of trans-Saharan trade in gold and other goods.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Koumbi Saleh
Target entity description: Koumbi Saleh was the principal urban and commercial center of the medieval West African Ghana Empire, renowned as a hub of trans-Saharan trade in gold and other goods.
  • A. Tarhuna
    Tarhuna is a town in northwestern Libya, southeast of Tripoli, known for its strategic role and tribal influence during the Libyan civil conflicts.
  • B. Gash‑Barka
    Gash‑Barka is a largely agricultural region in southwestern Eritrea known for its fertile land and role as one of the country’s main food-producing areas.
  • C. Gourna
    Gourna is a small coastal settlement on the Greek island of Leros, known for its quiet beaches and traditional island character.
  • D. Kidal
    Kidal is a remote desert town in northeastern Mali that serves as a key cultural and political center for Tuareg communities in the Adagh region.
  • E. Tachelhit
    Tachelhit is a Berber (Amazigh) language spoken primarily in southwestern Morocco, especially in the Souss region and the High Atlas mountains.
  • 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_69ad858b8adc8190ad989712c87a476b completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adae16f20081909d7f3bac016f961d completed March 8, 2026, 5:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2771be134819081809b2351517fdf completed March 12, 2026, 8:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b27844c6708190ac61f00a74a2ef27 completed March 12, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b27911ff1481908a36f279a871c510 completed March 12, 2026, 8:28 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.