Triple
T7223715
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mandinka |
E150323
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCulturalRegion |
P1968
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Upper Niger region |
E337061
|
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: Upper Niger region | Statement: [Mandinka, hasCulturalRegion, Upper Niger region]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Upper Niger region Context triple: [Mandinka, hasCulturalRegion, Upper Niger region]
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A.
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.
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B.
Niger River valley
chosen
The Niger River valley is a fertile and historically significant region in West Africa that has long supported dense human settlement, agriculture, and trade along the course of the Niger River.
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C.
Northern Niger
Northern Niger is a sparsely populated Saharan region characterized by desert landscapes, nomadic communities, and a history of Tuareg insurgencies.
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D.
Sahel
The Sahel is a semi-arid transition zone in Africa between the Sahara Desert to the north and the more humid savannas to the south, spanning several countries from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
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E.
Sahel–Central African forest transition zone
The Sahel–Central African forest transition zone is an ecological belt in central Africa where the dry Sahelian savannas gradually give way to the dense tropical rainforests of the Congo Basin.
- 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_69c687effb44819092b95d07d0368c9f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e9db51888190b8463d0003f334fa |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7cc11b48881909886a71f1b887789 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:39 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:54 p.m.