Triple
T7152182
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lilongwe |
E166716
|
entity |
| Predicate | previousCapitalWas |
P30709
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Zomba
Zomba is a historic city in southern Malawi that served as the country’s former capital and remains an important administrative and educational center.
|
E646487
|
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: Zomba | Statement: [Lilongwe, previousCapitalWas, Zomba]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zomba Context triple: [Lilongwe, previousCapitalWas, Zomba]
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A.
Mbeya
Mbeya is a major city in southwestern Tanzania, serving as a commercial and transport hub near the Zambian border.
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B.
Kigoma
Kigoma is a port city in western Tanzania located on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika and serving as a key regional transport and trade hub.
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C.
Bosambo
Bosambo is a prominent fictional African chief featured in Edgar Wallace’s "Sanders of the River" stories, known for his cunning, charisma, and complex relationship with colonial authority.
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D.
Massinga
Massinga is a coastal town in southern Mozambique that serves as an important local center within Inhambane Province.
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E.
Matadi
Matadi is a major port city in western Democratic Republic of the Congo, serving as the country’s principal seaport and a key gateway for trade between the Atlantic Ocean and the interior via the Congo River.
- 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: Zomba Triple: [Lilongwe, previousCapitalWas, Zomba]
Generated description
Zomba is a historic city in southern Malawi that served as the country’s former capital and remains an important administrative and educational center.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zomba Target entity description: Zomba is a historic city in southern Malawi that served as the country’s former capital and remains an important administrative and educational center.
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A.
Mbeya
Mbeya is a major city in southwestern Tanzania, serving as a commercial and transport hub near the Zambian border.
-
B.
Kigoma
Kigoma is a port city in western Tanzania located on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika and serving as a key regional transport and trade hub.
-
C.
Bosambo
Bosambo is a prominent fictional African chief featured in Edgar Wallace’s "Sanders of the River" stories, known for his cunning, charisma, and complex relationship with colonial authority.
-
D.
Massinga
Massinga is a coastal town in southern Mozambique that serves as an important local center within Inhambane Province.
-
E.
Matadi
Matadi is a major port city in western Democratic Republic of the Congo, serving as the country’s principal seaport and a key gateway for trade between the Atlantic Ocean and the interior via the Congo River.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: previousCapitalWas Context triple: [Lilongwe, previousCapitalWas, Zomba]
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A.
formerCapitalOf
Indicates that a place once served as the capital of another entity (such as a country or region) but no longer holds that status.
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B.
succeededAsCapitalBy
chosen
Indicates that one capital city has been replaced by another as the official capital of a political entity.
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C.
formerNameOfCapital
Indicates that one entity was the previous official name of a capital city before it was renamed.
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D.
wasFirstCapitalOf
Indicates that one place previously served as the earliest or original capital city of another political or administrative entity.
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E.
wasDeFactoCapitalOf
Indicates that a place functioned in practice as the capital of a political entity, even if it was not officially designated as such.
- 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_69c68886779c8190a8e3fbabffe68253 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e7f3e4a88190a3110f2368262528 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7b8f42abc8190856210b8dea0a6de |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7b97893308190b349afb452d4e154 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:20 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7b9f805b88190866170fdd8ce07ff |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:22 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69c6e1caf4e48190b47bb398a3c1554d |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:46 p.m.