Triple
T5373496
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lokoja |
E108905
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerCapitalOf |
P3417
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Northern Nigeria Protectorate |
E9154
|
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: Northern Nigeria Protectorate | Statement: [Lokoja, formerCapitalOf, Northern Nigeria Protectorate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Nigeria Protectorate Context triple: [Lokoja, formerCapitalOf, Northern Nigeria Protectorate]
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A.
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
The Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was a British colonial entity in West Africa that unified several previously separate territories into what later became the modern nation-state of Nigeria.
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B.
Northern Nigeria
chosen
Northern Nigeria is the predominantly Muslim, Hausa-Fulani–dominated northern part of Nigeria, known for its distinct cultural, religious, and historical identity within the country.
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C.
North West Nigeria
North West Nigeria is a geopolitical zone of Nigeria comprising several predominantly Hausa-speaking states, known for its large population, historic emirates, and significant role in the country’s politics and agriculture.
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D.
Southern Nigeria
Southern Nigeria is the southern geopolitical and cultural region of Nigeria, encompassing diverse ethnic groups, major coastal cities, and significant economic hubs including much of the country’s oil-producing areas.
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E.
Borno Emirate
Borno Emirate is a traditional Islamic state and historic polity in northeastern Nigeria, rooted in the legacy of the Kanem-Borno Empire and centered in the modern-day state of Borno.
- 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_69bd440c77948190aad2a5f39b7b80f5 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd86abc1e88190ad08279c3bf238e5 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf293ba6a08190bcbecf465e4e5881 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:03 p.m.