Triple

T3274847
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Yoruba people E68734 entity
Predicate historicalState P4711 FINISHED
Object Egba polity
The Egba polity was a pre-colonial Yoruba state in what is now southwestern Nigeria, centered on Abeokuta and known for its complex political organization and resistance to external domination.
E344545 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: Egba polity | Statement: [Yoruba people, historicalState, Egba polity]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Egba polity
Context triple: [Yoruba people, historicalState, Egba polity]
  • A. Egba chieftaincy system
    The Egba chieftaincy system is the hierarchical traditional leadership structure of the Egba people of southwestern Nigeria, organizing political authority, social order, and cultural governance through titled chiefs and royal institutions.
  • B. Bhaca polity
    The Bhaca polity is a traditional Xhosa-speaking chiefdom in South Africa, historically centered in the Eastern Cape and known for its distinct lineage and cultural identity within the broader Xhosa world.
  • C. Gcaleka polity
    The Gcaleka polity is a traditional Xhosa chiefdom historically centered in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa and associated with the senior royal house of the Xhosa nation.
  • D. Egba council of chiefs
    The Egba council of chiefs is the traditional governing body of the Egba people in southwestern Nigeria, comprising titled elders and leaders who oversee customary, political, and cultural affairs.
  • E. Nigerian traditional council
    The Nigerian traditional council is a formal assembly of recognized indigenous rulers and chiefs that advises on cultural, customary, and sometimes political matters within Nigeria’s traditional governance system.
  • 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: Egba polity
Triple: [Yoruba people, historicalState, Egba polity]
Generated description
The Egba polity was a pre-colonial Yoruba state in what is now southwestern Nigeria, centered on Abeokuta and known for its complex political organization and resistance to external domination.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Egba polity
Target entity description: The Egba polity was a pre-colonial Yoruba state in what is now southwestern Nigeria, centered on Abeokuta and known for its complex political organization and resistance to external domination.
  • A. Egba chieftaincy system
    The Egba chieftaincy system is the hierarchical traditional leadership structure of the Egba people of southwestern Nigeria, organizing political authority, social order, and cultural governance through titled chiefs and royal institutions.
  • B. Bhaca polity
    The Bhaca polity is a traditional Xhosa-speaking chiefdom in South Africa, historically centered in the Eastern Cape and known for its distinct lineage and cultural identity within the broader Xhosa world.
  • C. Gcaleka polity
    The Gcaleka polity is a traditional Xhosa chiefdom historically centered in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa and associated with the senior royal house of the Xhosa nation.
  • D. Egba council of chiefs
    The Egba council of chiefs is the traditional governing body of the Egba people in southwestern Nigeria, comprising titled elders and leaders who oversee customary, political, and cultural affairs.
  • E. Nigerian traditional council
    The Nigerian traditional council is a formal assembly of recognized indigenous rulers and chiefs that advises on cultural, customary, and sometimes political matters within Nigeria’s traditional governance system.
  • 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_69ad859b54f881909bf530d549caf2fd completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adaff8a440819092509bc8511b2785 completed March 8, 2026, 5:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2e841d5588190a53ba90a46721b0f completed March 12, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2e8b79d308190922a310ff1337eae completed March 12, 2026, 4:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2e9ba41948190b9e4f6f54f32603c completed March 12, 2026, 4:28 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:10 p.m.