Triple

T8787313
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Youssou N’Dour E209071 entity
Predicate ethnicGroup P194 FINISHED
Object Wolof people
The Wolof people are a major West African ethnic group primarily found in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania, known for their rich cultural traditions, influential language, and significant contributions to music and Islamic scholarship.
E756905 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Wolof people | Statement: [Youssou N’Dour, ethnicGroup, Wolof people]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wolof people
Context triple: [Youssou N’Dour, ethnicGroup, Wolof people]
  • A. Bambara people
    The Bambara people are a major Mande ethnic group of West Africa, primarily in Mali, known for their rich agricultural traditions, distinctive language, and influential cultural and artistic heritage.
  • B. Jola people
    The Jola people are an ethnic group of West Africa, primarily found in Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau, known for their rice cultivation, rich musical traditions, and distinct languages within the Bak branch of the Niger-Congo family.
  • C. Soninke people
    The Soninke people are a West African ethnic group historically known as founders of the ancient Ghana Empire and as influential traders and farmers across present-day Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, and neighboring countries.
  • D. Afro-Mauritians
    Afro-Mauritians are a Mauritian ethnic group of predominantly African descent, historically linked to enslaved and later free Black populations on the island and central to the country’s Creole culture.
  • E. Fulani
    The Fulani are a large, traditionally pastoralist West African ethnic group spread across many countries, known for their nomadic cattle-herding culture, Islamic scholarship, and significant historical role in regional empires and trade.
  • 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: Wolof people
Triple: [Youssou N’Dour, ethnicGroup, Wolof people]
Generated description
The Wolof people are a major West African ethnic group primarily found in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania, known for their rich cultural traditions, influential language, and significant contributions to music and Islamic scholarship.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wolof people
Target entity description: The Wolof people are a major West African ethnic group primarily found in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania, known for their rich cultural traditions, influential language, and significant contributions to music and Islamic scholarship.
  • A. Bambara people
    The Bambara people are a major Mande ethnic group of West Africa, primarily in Mali, known for their rich agricultural traditions, distinctive language, and influential cultural and artistic heritage.
  • B. Jola people
    The Jola people are an ethnic group of West Africa, primarily found in Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau, known for their rice cultivation, rich musical traditions, and distinct languages within the Bak branch of the Niger-Congo family.
  • C. Soninke people
    The Soninke people are a West African ethnic group historically known as founders of the ancient Ghana Empire and as influential traders and farmers across present-day Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, and neighboring countries.
  • D. Afro-Mauritians
    Afro-Mauritians are a Mauritian ethnic group of predominantly African descent, historically linked to enslaved and later free Black populations on the island and central to the country’s Creole culture.
  • E. Fulani
    The Fulani are a large, traditionally pastoralist West African ethnic group spread across many countries, known for their nomadic cattle-herding culture, Islamic scholarship, and significant historical role in regional empires and trade.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69cc5f76f27c819087aadf768df5adbf completed March 31, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf520678f48190a0af3df75df9b269 completed April 3, 2026, 5:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf5490df348190a31f300f0f4dae71 completed April 3, 2026, 5:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf5565bc108190a283772608fd28de completed April 3, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:43 p.m.