Triple

T480407
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Northern Nigeria E9154 entity
Predicate hasMajorCity P316 FINISHED
Object Sokoto
Sokoto is a historic city in northwestern Nigeria that served as the capital of the Sokoto Caliphate and remains an important cultural and Islamic scholarly center.
 E66570 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: Sokoto | Statement: [Northern Nigeria, hasMajorCity, Sokoto]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sokoto
Context triple: [Northern Nigeria, hasMajorCity, Sokoto]
  • A. Kano
    Kano is a major commercial and industrial city in northern Nigeria and one of the country’s oldest urban centers.
  • B. Maiduguri
    Maiduguri is a major city in northeastern Nigeria that serves as the capital of Borno State and a key economic and administrative center in the region.
  • C. Kaduna
    Kaduna is a major industrial and political center in northern Nigeria, known for its diverse population and role as the capital of Kaduna State.
  • D. Zaria
    Zaria is a historic city in northern Nigeria known as an important center of Hausa culture, Islamic scholarship, and trade.
  • E. Ibadan
    Ibadan is one of the largest and most populous cities in southwestern Nigeria, historically significant as a major Yoruba cultural and economic center.
  • 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: Sokoto
Triple: [Northern Nigeria, hasMajorCity, Sokoto]
Generated description
Sokoto is a historic city in northwestern Nigeria that served as the capital of the Sokoto Caliphate and remains an important cultural and Islamic scholarly center.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sokoto
Target entity description: Sokoto is a historic city in northwestern Nigeria that served as the capital of the Sokoto Caliphate and remains an important cultural and Islamic scholarly center.
  • A. Kano
    Kano is a major commercial and industrial city in northern Nigeria and one of the country’s oldest urban centers.
  • B. Maiduguri
    Maiduguri is a major city in northeastern Nigeria that serves as the capital of Borno State and a key economic and administrative center in the region.
  • C. Kaduna
    Kaduna is a major industrial and political center in northern Nigeria, known for its diverse population and role as the capital of Kaduna State.
  • D. Zaria
    Zaria is a historic city in northern Nigeria known as an important center of Hausa culture, Islamic scholarship, and trade.
  • E. Ibadan
    Ibadan is one of the largest and most populous cities in southwestern Nigeria, historically significant as a major Yoruba cultural and economic center.
  • 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_69a2e7ff81708190b0507a24a997232c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f057c4ac819080cf43ffaa56c350 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4b8a96a188190b7a6be463de3d736 completed March 1, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4baa85b9881908f0a9373f06ed748 completed March 1, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4bb9d75288190b8c68db7bfe59c1d completed March 1, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.