Triple
T701604
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak |
E14009
|
entity |
| Predicate | indexCaseLocation |
P8094
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Meliandou, Guinea
Meliandou, Guinea is a small village in southeastern Guinea widely recognized as the origin point of the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak.
|
E85060
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Meliandou, Guinea | Statement: [2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, indexCaseLocation, Meliandou, Guinea]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meliandou, Guinea Context triple: [2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, indexCaseLocation, Meliandou, Guinea]
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A.
Tadjoura
Tadjoura is a historic coastal town in Djibouti on the Gulf of Tadjoura, known as one of the country’s oldest settlements and a traditional trading hub.
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B.
Guinea
Guinea is a West African country on the Atlantic coast known for its rich mineral resources, diverse ethnic groups, and role as a major producer of bauxite.
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C.
Mali
Mali is a landlocked West African country known for its historic trading cities like Timbuktu, rich Sahelian culture, and significant role in the ancient Mali Empire.
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D.
Saint-Louis, Senegal
Saint-Louis, Senegal is a historic coastal city and former colonial capital of French West Africa, known for its distinctive island setting, colonial architecture, and cultural significance at the mouth of the Senegal River.
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E.
Negombo
Negombo is a coastal city in western Sri Lanka known historically as a strategic colonial port and today for its fishing industry and beach tourism.
- 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: Meliandou, Guinea Triple: [2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, indexCaseLocation, Meliandou, Guinea]
Generated description
Meliandou, Guinea is a small village in southeastern Guinea widely recognized as the origin point of the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meliandou, Guinea Target entity description: Meliandou, Guinea is a small village in southeastern Guinea widely recognized as the origin point of the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak.
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A.
Tadjoura
Tadjoura is a historic coastal town in Djibouti on the Gulf of Tadjoura, known as one of the country’s oldest settlements and a traditional trading hub.
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B.
Guinea
Guinea is a West African country on the Atlantic coast known for its rich mineral resources, diverse ethnic groups, and role as a major producer of bauxite.
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C.
Mali
Mali is a landlocked West African country known for its historic trading cities like Timbuktu, rich Sahelian culture, and significant role in the ancient Mali Empire.
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D.
Saint-Louis, Senegal
Saint-Louis, Senegal is a historic coastal city and former colonial capital of French West Africa, known for its distinctive island setting, colonial architecture, and cultural significance at the mouth of the Senegal River.
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E.
Negombo
Negombo is a coastal city in western Sri Lanka known historically as a strategic colonial port and today for its fishing industry and beach tourism.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: indexCaseLocation Context triple: [2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, indexCaseLocation, Meliandou, Guinea]
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A.
apseLocation
Indicates the specific place or position where an apse is situated within a larger structure or context.
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B.
firstLocation
chosen
Indicates the initial or primary place where an entity is situated, originates, or where an event or relationship begins.
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C.
deltaLocation
Indicates a change or difference between two locations, typically specifying how one location has shifted relative to another.
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D.
refersToLocation
Indicates that one entity designates, points to, or identifies a specific location associated with it.
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E.
ianaLocation
Indicates that an entity is associated with a specific geographic or network location identified using an IANA-defined naming or coding scheme.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69a493494ec48190ae6751683625a9ba |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a544e3608190ac315c7aa9f88e7e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5dcae2ef88190a9ea1604429f048a |
completed | March 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a5df14e1788190bb2f2cc87cadcb40 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 7:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a5ff5dd4808190bb8ae25fbdca0075 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 9:21 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4a4ec8c748190b198492a0eea4445 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:43 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.