Triple
T3329496
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kingdom of Dahomey |
E69998
|
entity |
| Predicate | tributaryTo |
P415
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Oyo Empire |
E55734
|
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: Oyo Empire | Statement: [Kingdom of Dahomey, tributaryTo, Oyo Empire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oyo Empire Context triple: [Kingdom of Dahomey, tributaryTo, Oyo Empire]
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A.
Oyo Empire
chosen
The Oyo Empire was a powerful pre-colonial West African Yoruba state known for its sophisticated political system, cavalry-based military strength, and extensive regional trade influence.
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B.
Ashanti Empire
The Ashanti Empire was a powerful pre-colonial West African state centered in present-day Ghana, renowned for its military strength, wealth from gold, and sophisticated political and cultural institutions.
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C.
Fulani Empire
The Fulani Empire was a powerful 19th-century West African Islamic state centered in what is now northern Nigeria, established through a jihad that reshaped the region’s political and religious landscape.
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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.
Kingdom of Benin
The Kingdom of Benin was a powerful pre-colonial West African state centered in what is now southern Nigeria, renowned for its sophisticated political organization, monumental earthworks, and highly skilled bronze and ivory art.
- 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_69ad85a24f208190bcf83131bfed3521 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb171ee0881908642504ab0ac8329 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b33423dc288190b71eaa1c0feb26eb |
completed | March 12, 2026, 9:46 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.