Triple
T6500701
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Missionaries of Africa |
E148877
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalFocusRegion |
P71231
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sub-Saharan Africa |
E17120
|
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: Sub-Saharan Africa | Statement: [Missionaries of Africa, historicalFocusRegion, Sub-Saharan Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sub-Saharan Africa Context triple: [Missionaries of Africa, historicalFocusRegion, Sub-Saharan Africa]
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A.
Sub-Saharan Africa
chosen
Sub-Saharan Africa is the geographically expansive and culturally diverse region of Africa located south of the Sahara Desert, encompassing dozens of countries with rapidly growing populations and economies.
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B.
Africa
Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most populous continent, known for its vast cultural diversity, rich natural resources, and significant historical and ecological importance.
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C.
West Africa
West Africa is a region on the western coast of the African continent, historically significant for its role in trans-Saharan and Atlantic trade, diverse cultures and languages, and complex precolonial and colonial histories.
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D.
East Africa
East Africa is a region on the eastern side of the African continent, known for its diverse cultures, significant wildlife and safari tourism, and countries such as Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Ethiopia.
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E.
Southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, encompassing countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, and others, known for its diverse landscapes, wildlife, and cultural heritage.
- 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_69c687e9ad288190bae5bcac9c8ac855 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6ad92c624819086dbb12b4f6b78d3 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6d5089ea48190b75638f86398da5a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:05 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:42 p.m.