Triple
T3354972
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mandinka people |
E70582
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedEthnicGroup |
P1969
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Bambara people |
E364373
|
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: Bambara people | Statement: [Mandinka people, relatedEthnicGroup, Bambara people]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bambara people Context triple: [Mandinka people, relatedEthnicGroup, Bambara people]
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A.
Bambara people
chosen
The Bambara people are a major Mande ethnic group of West Africa, primarily in Mali, known for their rich agricultural traditions, distinctive language, and influential cultural and artistic heritage.
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B.
Songhai people
The Songhai people are a major West African ethnic group historically centered along the Niger River, renowned for founding the powerful Songhai Empire with its capitals at Gao and Timbuktu.
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C.
Fulani
The Fulani are a large, traditionally pastoralist West African ethnic group spread across many countries, known for their nomadic cattle-herding culture, Islamic scholarship, and significant historical role in regional empires and trade.
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D.
Soninke people
The Soninke people are a West African ethnic group historically known as founders of the ancient Ghana Empire and as influential traders and farmers across present-day Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, and neighboring countries.
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E.
Mandinka people
The Mandinka people are a major Mande-speaking ethnic group of West Africa known for their rich oral traditions, Islamic scholarship, and historical role in the Mali Empire.
- 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_69ad85a4ef7c8190a29e2bbd6fa454e4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb2419a808190a54fc03eeec6e42d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4e4cd6cd08190ba6d379c8dc48723 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:32 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:13 p.m.