Triple
T3254741
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kilwa Kisiwani |
E68268
|
entity |
| Predicate | governedBy |
P46
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sultanate of Kilwa
The Sultanate of Kilwa was a powerful medieval Swahili trading state on the East African coast that dominated regional commerce in gold, ivory, and other goods across the Indian Ocean.
|
E68268
|
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: Sultanate of Kilwa | Statement: [Kilwa Kisiwani, governedBy, Sultanate of Kilwa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sultanate of Kilwa Context triple: [Kilwa Kisiwani, governedBy, Sultanate of Kilwa]
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A.
Mutapa Kingdom
The Mutapa Kingdom was a powerful Shona state in south-central Africa, renowned for its control of regional gold trade and its political dominance following the decline of Great Zimbabwe.
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B.
Kilwa Kisiwani
Kilwa Kisiwani is a historic Swahili coastal city-state in present-day Tanzania that flourished as a powerful center of Indian Ocean trade between Africa, Arabia, and Asia from the medieval period onward.
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C.
Kingdom of Mapungubwe
The Kingdom of Mapungubwe was a precolonial southern African state (c. 11th–13th century) known for its advanced society, extensive trade networks, and sophisticated gold-working centered near the Limpopo and Shashe rivers.
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D.
Songhai Empire
The Songhai Empire was a powerful and wealthy medieval West African state centered along the Niger River, renowned for its control of trans-Saharan trade and cities like Gao and Timbuktu.
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E.
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.
- 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: Sultanate of Kilwa Triple: [Kilwa Kisiwani, governedBy, Sultanate of Kilwa]
Generated description
The Sultanate of Kilwa was a powerful medieval Swahili trading state on the East African coast that dominated regional commerce in gold, ivory, and other goods across the Indian Ocean.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sultanate of Kilwa Target entity description: The Sultanate of Kilwa was a powerful medieval Swahili trading state on the East African coast that dominated regional commerce in gold, ivory, and other goods across the Indian Ocean.
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A.
Mutapa Kingdom
The Mutapa Kingdom was a powerful Shona state in south-central Africa, renowned for its control of regional gold trade and its political dominance following the decline of Great Zimbabwe.
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B.
Kilwa Kisiwani
chosen
Kilwa Kisiwani is a historic Swahili coastal city-state in present-day Tanzania that flourished as a powerful center of Indian Ocean trade between Africa, Arabia, and Asia from the medieval period onward.
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C.
Kingdom of Mapungubwe
The Kingdom of Mapungubwe was a precolonial southern African state (c. 11th–13th century) known for its advanced society, extensive trade networks, and sophisticated gold-working centered near the Limpopo and Shashe rivers.
-
D.
Songhai Empire
The Songhai Empire was a powerful and wealthy medieval West African state centered along the Niger River, renowned for its control of trans-Saharan trade and cities like Gao and Timbuktu.
-
E.
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.
- F. None of above.
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_69ad858f74408190bcbd07f967cd7bd0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adaf65c9388190a0d74d6365ce631e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b28ec9553881908ee96b8684934914 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b28f9e12488190b93355b783300264 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:04 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b2c092063481909982dea3f71c00c1 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 1:33 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:09 p.m.