Triple
T3259654
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Songhai Empire |
E68378
|
entity |
| Predicate | majorCity |
P316
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Timbuktu |
E144680
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Timbuktu | Statement: [Songhai Empire, majorCity, Timbuktu]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Timbuktu Context triple: [Songhai Empire, majorCity, Timbuktu]
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A.
Timbuktu
chosen
Timbuktu is an ancient city in Mali famed as a historic center of trans-Saharan trade and Islamic scholarship.
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B.
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.
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C.
Medina of Salé
The Medina of Salé is a historic walled old town in northwestern Morocco, known for its traditional architecture, markets, and role as a former corsair stronghold opposite Rabat.
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D.
Tarhuna
Tarhuna is a town in northwestern Libya, southeast of Tripoli, known for its strategic role and tribal influence during the Libyan civil conflicts.
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E.
Mogador
Mogador is the former name of the historic Moroccan port city now known as Essaouira, renowned for its fortified medina and Atlantic coastal location.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69adafa4f40c81909adfd0f7f568e3ce |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b2e8369b708190aeddf21dd9440d6a |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:09 p.m.