Triple

T3220822
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ghana Empire E67506 entity
Predicate neighbor P350 FINISHED
Object Sosso state
The Sosso state was a medieval West African kingdom that rose to prominence in the 12th–13th centuries after the decline of the Ghana Empire and before being conquered by the emerging Mali Empire.
E338266 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: Sosso state | Statement: [Ghana Empire, neighbor, Sosso state]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sosso state
Context triple: [Ghana Empire, neighbor, Sosso state]
  • A. Kingdom of Dahomey
    The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful precolonial West African state known for its centralized monarchy, extensive involvement in the Atlantic slave trade, and elite corps of women warriors often called the Dahomey Amazons.
  • B. Kasi Kingdom
    Kasi Kingdom was an ancient Indo-Aryan kingdom centered on the city of Kashi (Varanasi), renowned as a major cultural and religious hub in early Indian history.
  • C. Mande
    Mande is a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family comprising numerous related languages spoken across West Africa, particularly in countries like Mali, Guinea, and Sierra Leone.
  • D. Borgu region
    The Borgu region is a historical area in West Africa, spanning parts of present-day Nigeria and Benin, known for its distinct Borgu kingdoms and cultural traditions.
  • E. Sikasso
    Sikasso is a major city in southern Mali known as an important agricultural and commercial center near the borders with Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire.
  • 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: Sosso state
Triple: [Ghana Empire, neighbor, Sosso state]
Generated description
The Sosso state was a medieval West African kingdom that rose to prominence in the 12th–13th centuries after the decline of the Ghana Empire and before being conquered by the emerging Mali Empire.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sosso state
Target entity description: The Sosso state was a medieval West African kingdom that rose to prominence in the 12th–13th centuries after the decline of the Ghana Empire and before being conquered by the emerging Mali Empire.
  • A. Kingdom of Dahomey
    The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful precolonial West African state known for its centralized monarchy, extensive involvement in the Atlantic slave trade, and elite corps of women warriors often called the Dahomey Amazons.
  • B. Kasi Kingdom
    Kasi Kingdom was an ancient Indo-Aryan kingdom centered on the city of Kashi (Varanasi), renowned as a major cultural and religious hub in early Indian history.
  • C. Mande
    Mande is a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family comprising numerous related languages spoken across West Africa, particularly in countries like Mali, Guinea, and Sierra Leone.
  • D. Borgu region
    The Borgu region is a historical area in West Africa, spanning parts of present-day Nigeria and Benin, known for its distinct Borgu kingdoms and cultural traditions.
  • E. Sikasso
    Sikasso is a major city in southern Mali known as an important agricultural and commercial center near the borders with Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire.
  • 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_69b2624a770881908f0a9415b6f74ee0 completed March 12, 2026, 6:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2662274988190ae62791744df0562 completed March 12, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b266bf6bf48190a4480bf9a699dae8 completed March 12, 2026, 7:09 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.