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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.