Triple
T8782829
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Islam in Lake Chad region |
E208973
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalCenter |
P2536
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Bornu Sultanate |
E60339
|
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: Bornu Sultanate | Statement: [Islam in Lake Chad region, historicalCenter, Bornu Sultanate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bornu Sultanate Context triple: [Islam in Lake Chad region, historicalCenter, Bornu Sultanate]
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A.
Bornu Empire
chosen
The Bornu Empire was a powerful West African state that succeeded the Kanem Empire and dominated the Lake Chad region for centuries through trans-Saharan trade, Islamic scholarship, and military strength.
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B.
Daura Emirate
Daura Emirate is a historic Hausa traditional state in northern Nigeria, regarded as one of the oldest Hausa kingdoms and an important center of pre-colonial political and cultural influence.
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C.
Warsangali Sultanate
The Warsangali Sultanate was a prominent pre-colonial Somali sultanate in northeastern Somalia, known for its maritime trade, Islamic scholarship, and long-ruling dynastic leadership.
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D.
Kebbi Kingdom
Kebbi Kingdom was a historic Hausa state in what is now northwestern Nigeria, known for its role in regional trade and military power in the central Sudan region.
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E.
Sokoto Caliphate
The Sokoto Caliphate was a powerful 19th-century Islamic empire in West Africa that became a major center of Islamic learning, governance, and trade.
- 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_69ca836168108190bb43d3dc235c1f55 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5f7155b081908891e84b704f0ebf |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:57 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf51e9d97c8190a947848fdaa5b67d |
completed | April 3, 2026, 5:36 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:42 p.m.