Triple
T3406738
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cotonou |
E71791
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasPort |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Port of Cotonou
The Port of Cotonou is Benin’s principal seaport and a major West African maritime hub for regional trade and transit.
|
E357919
|
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: Port of Cotonou | Statement: [Cotonou, hasPort, Port of Cotonou]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Port of Cotonou Context triple: [Cotonou, hasPort, Port of Cotonou]
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A.
Port of Lomé
The Port of Lomé is Togo’s principal deep-water seaport on the Gulf of Guinea and a major regional hub for maritime trade in West Africa.
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B.
Port of Conakry
The Port of Conakry is Guinea’s principal seaport and a key maritime gateway for the country’s international trade on the Atlantic coast.
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C.
Port of Malabo
The Port of Malabo is the principal seaport of Equatorial Guinea’s capital city, serving as a key hub for the country’s oil, gas, and general maritime trade in the Gulf of Guinea.
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D.
Port of Libreville
The Port of Libreville is Gabon's principal seaport and a key hub for the export of timber, minerals, and other goods from the capital region to international markets.
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E.
Ouidah
Ouidah is a coastal city in Benin historically known as a major center of the transatlantic slave trade and for its rich Vodun (Voodoo) cultural heritage.
- 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: Port of Cotonou Triple: [Cotonou, hasPort, Port of Cotonou]
Generated description
The Port of Cotonou is Benin’s principal seaport and a major West African maritime hub for regional trade and transit.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Port of Cotonou Target entity description: The Port of Cotonou is Benin’s principal seaport and a major West African maritime hub for regional trade and transit.
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A.
Port of Lomé
The Port of Lomé is Togo’s principal deep-water seaport on the Gulf of Guinea and a major regional hub for maritime trade in West Africa.
-
B.
Port of Conakry
The Port of Conakry is Guinea’s principal seaport and a key maritime gateway for the country’s international trade on the Atlantic coast.
-
C.
Port of Malabo
The Port of Malabo is the principal seaport of Equatorial Guinea’s capital city, serving as a key hub for the country’s oil, gas, and general maritime trade in the Gulf of Guinea.
-
D.
Port of Libreville
The Port of Libreville is Gabon's principal seaport and a key hub for the export of timber, minerals, and other goods from the capital region to international markets.
-
E.
Ouidah
Ouidah is a coastal city in Benin historically known as a major center of the transatlantic slave trade and for its rich Vodun (Voodoo) cultural heritage.
- 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_69ad85ac312481909e7027ced1456a9f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb8ec68c88190913df5f6cafad9e9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b35468916c8190ba6caa2c53e01d9c |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b35519b7f08190b1ea7514036c3453 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:06 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b358fba2208190bc66d5f7d0009ba4 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:15 p.m.