Triple

T5515838
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gao E144681 entity
Predicate locatedIn P40 FINISHED
Object eastern Mali
Eastern Mali is a sparsely populated Sahelian region of Mali that includes the historic trading city of Gao along the Niger River and is known for its desert landscapes and security challenges.
E530753 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: eastern Mali | Statement: [Gao, locatedIn, eastern Mali]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: eastern Mali
Context triple: [Gao, locatedIn, eastern Mali]
  • A. southwestern Mali
    Southwestern Mali is a region of Mali that includes the national capital, Bamako, and serves as an important political and economic center of the country.
  • B. central Mali
    Central Mali is a region of Mali characterized by its Sahelian landscape, diverse ethnic communities, and recent history of conflict and insurgent activity.
  • C. Southern Niger
    Southern Niger is a predominantly Hausa-inhabited region of Niger known for its dense population, agricultural activity, and role as a cultural and economic heartland of the country.
  • D. Timbuktu Region
    Timbuktu Region is a vast, sparsely populated administrative area in northern Mali that includes the historic city of Timbuktu and has been a focal point of conflict and counterinsurgency operations in the Sahel.
  • E. Mopti Region
    Mopti Region is an administrative region in central Mali known for its diverse ethnic communities, riverine landscapes along the Niger and Bani rivers, and the historic city of Mopti.
  • 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: eastern Mali
Triple: [Gao, locatedIn, eastern Mali]
Generated description
Eastern Mali is a sparsely populated Sahelian region of Mali that includes the historic trading city of Gao along the Niger River and is known for its desert landscapes and security challenges.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: eastern Mali
Target entity description: Eastern Mali is a sparsely populated Sahelian region of Mali that includes the historic trading city of Gao along the Niger River and is known for its desert landscapes and security challenges.
  • A. southwestern Mali
    Southwestern Mali is a region of Mali that includes the national capital, Bamako, and serves as an important political and economic center of the country.
  • B. central Mali
    Central Mali is a region of Mali characterized by its Sahelian landscape, diverse ethnic communities, and recent history of conflict and insurgent activity.
  • C. Southern Niger
    Southern Niger is a predominantly Hausa-inhabited region of Niger known for its dense population, agricultural activity, and role as a cultural and economic heartland of the country.
  • D. Timbuktu Region
    Timbuktu Region is a vast, sparsely populated administrative area in northern Mali that includes the historic city of Timbuktu and has been a focal point of conflict and counterinsurgency operations in the Sahel.
  • E. Mopti Region
    Mopti Region is an administrative region in central Mali known for its diverse ethnic communities, riverine landscapes along the Niger and Bani rivers, and the historic city of Mopti.
  • 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_69c008f77ff88190b0cd50ca207295d1 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c01f5d1d188190b3a222a9ecf2a0e6 completed March 22, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c027d92e0c8190ad5552d66e370a22 completed March 22, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0376eea3c8190af11dbb0030cc57d completed March 22, 2026, 6:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0384d023081909cb0d4ba4b80c07e completed March 22, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:33 p.m.