Triple
T5405852
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Okavango River |
E120890
|
entity |
| Predicate | passesThrough |
P225
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Kalahari Desert region |
E13486
|
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: Kalahari Desert region | Statement: [Okavango River, passesThrough, Kalahari Desert region]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kalahari Desert region Context triple: [Okavango River, passesThrough, Kalahari Desert region]
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A.
Kalahari Desert
chosen
The Kalahari Desert is a vast semi-arid sandy savanna in southern Africa known for its red dunes, sparse vegetation, and unique wildlife adapted to its dry conditions.
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B.
Kalahari Basin
The Kalahari Basin is a large inland drainage basin in southern Africa that encompasses and gives rise to the arid Kalahari Desert and surrounding semi-arid regions.
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C.
Karoo
The Karoo is a vast semi-arid region in South Africa characterized by sparse vegetation, unique succulent flora, and extreme temperature variations.
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D.
Damaraland
Damaraland is a rugged, semi-arid region of northwestern Namibia known for its dramatic landscapes, desert-adapted wildlife, and as the historical homeland of the Damara people.
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E.
Makgadikgadi Pans region
The Makgadikgadi Pans region is one of the world’s largest salt pan complexes, a vast, seasonally flooded expanse of shimmering flats and rich wildlife habitat in northern Botswana.
- 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_69bd46391c0c81909fa484446732b6a3 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd87924c588190beb4a1be27f8d11b |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf3aa0b00c8190aab3e475e19c3276 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:05 p.m.