Triple

T800719
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sub-Saharan Africa E17120 entity
Predicate hasNaturalRegion P285 FINISHED
Object Sahel E20427 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Sahel | Statement: [Sub-Saharan Africa, hasNaturalRegion, Sahel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sahel
Context triple: [Sub-Saharan Africa, hasNaturalRegion, Sahel]
  • A. Sahel chosen
    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.
  • B. Central Sahara
    The Central Sahara is a vast, arid desert region in north-central Africa characterized by extreme climatic conditions, sparse population, and a long history of trans-Saharan trade and nomadic cultures.
  • C. G5 Sahel
    G5 Sahel is a regional cooperation framework of five West African countries focused on security, development, and counterterrorism in the Sahel region.
  • D. Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti
    Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti was a former administrative region in northern Chad, known for its vast Sahara desert landscapes, including the Ennedi Plateau and Tibesti Mountains, and its predominantly Toubou (Tebu) population.
  • E. Nilo-Saharian
    Nilo-Saharian is an alternative name for the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family, a large and geographically widespread group of languages spoken mainly in central and eastern Africa.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasNaturalRegion
Context triple: [Sub-Saharan Africa, hasNaturalRegion, Sahel]
  • A. hasRegion chosen
    Indicates that an entity includes, contains, or is associated with a specific geographic or administrative region as part of its scope or structure.
  • B. hasNaturalFeature
    Indicates that one entity possesses, contains, or is characterized by a particular natural feature (such as a mountain, river, forest, or coastline).
  • C. hasNature
    Indicates that something possesses, exhibits, or is characterized by a particular inherent quality, essence, or fundamental type.
  • D. formsNaturalRegionWith
    Indicates that two or more geographic entities together constitute or belong to the same continuous natural region or landscape unit.
  • E. hasCoastalRegion
    Indicates that a place possesses at least one region that borders or is directly adjacent to a sea or ocean.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69a49378b9c48190adbf5f62e5b7aca1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a7cc75e88190bd35aabe51051b51 completed March 1, 2026, 8:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7b83f0fb4819097f29c9ab90cf1a8 completed March 4, 2026, 4:42 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4a5133bf88190a613e96d1f7cffa7 completed March 1, 2026, 8:44 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.