Triple

T3406818
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Songhai people E71792 entity
Predicate neighboringPeople P11274 FINISHED
Object Zarma people
The Zarma people are a major West African ethnic group primarily inhabiting southwestern Niger and known for their Songhai-related language, agrarian lifestyle, and rich oral traditions.
E71792 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: Zarma people | Statement: [Songhai people, neighboringPeople, Zarma people]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zarma people
Context triple: [Songhai people, neighboringPeople, Zarma people]
  • A. Bambara people
    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.
  • 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Dioula
    Dioula is a Mande language of West Africa, widely used as a trade and lingua franca language in countries like Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mali.
  • 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: Zarma people
Triple: [Songhai people, neighboringPeople, Zarma people]
Generated description
The Zarma people are a major West African ethnic group primarily inhabiting southwestern Niger and known for their Songhai-related language, agrarian lifestyle, and rich oral traditions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zarma people
Target entity description: The Zarma people are a major West African ethnic group primarily inhabiting southwestern Niger and known for their Songhai-related language, agrarian lifestyle, and rich oral traditions.
  • A. Bambara people
    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.
  • B. Songhai people chosen
    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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Dioula
    Dioula is a Mande language of West Africa, widely used as a trade and lingua franca language in countries like Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mali.
  • F. None of above.

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_69adb8ede9c48190b13b0f5e7474e7fa completed March 8, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b51c5e56b081909794cbab0c3e1cc9 completed March 14, 2026, 8:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b51d61e89081909e1df16631274746 completed March 14, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b51dcb5cb88190ad859cde9f10918a completed March 14, 2026, 8:35 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:15 p.m.