Triple
T3220835
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ghana Empire |
E67506
|
entity |
| Predicate | knownFromSource |
P4092
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Al-Bakri
Al-Bakri was an 11th-century Andalusian Arab geographer and historian whose writings provide one of the most important early descriptions of West African states such as the Ghana Empire.
|
E338268
|
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: Al-Bakri | Statement: [Ghana Empire, knownFromSource, Al-Bakri]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al-Bakri Context triple: [Ghana Empire, knownFromSource, Al-Bakri]
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A.
Al-Masudi
Al-Masudi was a 10th-century Arab historian and geographer, often called the "Herodotus of the Arabs" for his extensive historical and geographical writings.
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B.
Al-Muqaddasi
Al-Muqaddasi was a prominent 10th-century Arab geographer best known for his detailed regional descriptions of the Islamic world during the Islamic Golden Age.
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C.
Al-Idrisi
Al-Idrisi was a 12th-century Arab Muslim geographer and cartographer renowned for creating one of the most advanced world maps and geographical encyclopedias of the medieval period.
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D.
Sahl al-Tustari
Sahl al-Tustari was a 9th-century Persian Sufi mystic and Qur’anic exegete known for his early formulations of mystical theology and profound influence on later Sufi thinkers.
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E.
Ibn Batta al-Ukbari
Ibn Batta al-Ukbari was a prominent 10th-century Muslim jurist and theologian known for his significant contributions to Hanbali jurisprudence and traditionalist creed.
- 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: Al-Bakri Triple: [Ghana Empire, knownFromSource, Al-Bakri]
Generated description
Al-Bakri was an 11th-century Andalusian Arab geographer and historian whose writings provide one of the most important early descriptions of West African states such as the Ghana Empire.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al-Bakri Target entity description: Al-Bakri was an 11th-century Andalusian Arab geographer and historian whose writings provide one of the most important early descriptions of West African states such as the Ghana Empire.
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A.
Al-Masudi
Al-Masudi was a 10th-century Arab historian and geographer, often called the "Herodotus of the Arabs" for his extensive historical and geographical writings.
-
B.
Al-Muqaddasi
Al-Muqaddasi was a prominent 10th-century Arab geographer best known for his detailed regional descriptions of the Islamic world during the Islamic Golden Age.
-
C.
Al-Idrisi
Al-Idrisi was a 12th-century Arab Muslim geographer and cartographer renowned for creating one of the most advanced world maps and geographical encyclopedias of the medieval period.
-
D.
Sahl al-Tustari
Sahl al-Tustari was a 9th-century Persian Sufi mystic and Qur’anic exegete known for his early formulations of mystical theology and profound influence on later Sufi thinkers.
-
E.
Ibn Batta al-Ukbari
Ibn Batta al-Ukbari was a prominent 10th-century Muslim jurist and theologian known for his significant contributions to Hanbali jurisprudence and traditionalist creed.
- 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.