Triple

T3259668
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Songhai Empire E68378 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Gao Kingdom
The Gao Kingdom was an early West African state centered on the city of Gao that laid the foundations for the later expansion and dominance of the Songhai Empire.
E341693 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: Gao Kingdom | Statement: [Songhai Empire, predecessor, Gao Kingdom]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gao Kingdom
Context triple: [Songhai Empire, predecessor, Gao Kingdom]
  • A. Kingdom of Kucha
    The Kingdom of Kucha was a prominent ancient Buddhist oasis kingdom and cultural center along the northern Silk Road in the Tarim Basin, known for its rich artistic, musical, and religious traditions.
  • B. Kingdom of Khotan
    The Kingdom of Khotan was an influential ancient Buddhist oasis state on the southern Silk Road, renowned as a center of trade, culture, and early silk production in what is now western China.
  • C. Butua Kingdom
    The Butua Kingdom was a precolonial Shona state in southwestern Zimbabwe, known for its control of regional gold trade and continuation of the cultural and political traditions of Great Zimbabwe.
  • D. Zhou state
    The Zhou state was an ancient Chinese polity that rose to prominence in the 11th century BCE, founding the Zhou dynasty and establishing a long-lasting feudal order in early Chinese history.
  • E. Western Xia
    Western Xia was a Tangut-ruled dynasty in northwestern China (1038–1227), known for its unique script and culture and for its frequent conflicts with the Song, Liao, and later the Mongol Empire.
  • 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: Gao Kingdom
Triple: [Songhai Empire, predecessor, Gao Kingdom]
Generated description
The Gao Kingdom was an early West African state centered on the city of Gao that laid the foundations for the later expansion and dominance of the Songhai Empire.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gao Kingdom
Target entity description: The Gao Kingdom was an early West African state centered on the city of Gao that laid the foundations for the later expansion and dominance of the Songhai Empire.
  • A. Kingdom of Kucha
    The Kingdom of Kucha was a prominent ancient Buddhist oasis kingdom and cultural center along the northern Silk Road in the Tarim Basin, known for its rich artistic, musical, and religious traditions.
  • B. Kingdom of Khotan
    The Kingdom of Khotan was an influential ancient Buddhist oasis state on the southern Silk Road, renowned as a center of trade, culture, and early silk production in what is now western China.
  • C. Butua Kingdom
    The Butua Kingdom was a precolonial Shona state in southwestern Zimbabwe, known for its control of regional gold trade and continuation of the cultural and political traditions of Great Zimbabwe.
  • D. Zhou state
    The Zhou state was an ancient Chinese polity that rose to prominence in the 11th century BCE, founding the Zhou dynasty and establishing a long-lasting feudal order in early Chinese history.
  • E. Western Xia
    Western Xia was a Tangut-ruled dynasty in northwestern China (1038–1227), known for its unique script and culture and for its frequent conflicts with the Song, Liao, and later the Mongol Empire.
  • 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_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_69b28ed941cc81909c35853e793d6ce5 completed March 12, 2026, 10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2900805d08190afbda5ee5e984b71 completed March 12, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2ac4c52d48190a87b1e535c2e8a37 completed March 12, 2026, 12:06 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:09 p.m.