Triple

T12256905
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fulani Empire E292125 entity
Predicate expandedInto P9117 FINISHED
Object Northern Benin
Northern Benin is a region in the modern Republic of Benin that historically lay on the southern fringes of the Fulani (Sokoto) Caliphate’s influence in West Africa.
E972853 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: Northern Benin | Statement: [Fulani Empire, expandedInto, Northern Benin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Benin
Context triple: [Fulani Empire, expandedInto, Northern Benin]
  • 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.
  • B. Benin–Togo border region
    The Benin–Togo border region is a West African area characterized by shared cultural ties and diverse landscapes, including river basins, savannas, and agricultural zones that span both countries.
  • C. Saint-Benin
    Saint-Benin is a small commune in northern France, located in the Nord department within the Hauts-de-France region.
  • D. Niamey Region
    Niamey Region is an administrative region in southwestern Niger that encompasses the national capital, Niamey, and its surrounding area.
  • E. Hauts-Bassins Region
    Hauts-Bassins Region is an administrative region in western Burkina Faso, known for its economic and cultural importance and for including the major city of Bobo-Dioulasso.
  • 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: Northern Benin
Triple: [Fulani Empire, expandedInto, Northern Benin]
Generated description
Northern Benin is a region in the modern Republic of Benin that historically lay on the southern fringes of the Fulani (Sokoto) Caliphate’s influence in West Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Benin
Target entity description: Northern Benin is a region in the modern Republic of Benin that historically lay on the southern fringes of the Fulani (Sokoto) Caliphate’s influence in West Africa.
  • 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.
  • B. Benin–Togo border region
    The Benin–Togo border region is a West African area characterized by shared cultural ties and diverse landscapes, including river basins, savannas, and agricultural zones that span both countries.
  • C. Saint-Benin
    Saint-Benin is a small commune in northern France, located in the Nord department within the Hauts-de-France region.
  • D. Niamey Region
    Niamey Region is an administrative region in southwestern Niger that encompasses the national capital, Niamey, and its surrounding area.
  • E. Hauts-Bassins Region
    Hauts-Bassins Region is an administrative region in western Burkina Faso, known for its economic and cultural importance and for including the major city of Bobo-Dioulasso.
  • 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_69d6ab67950c8190be08450a06228c4b completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91ccadc3c81908fe68adc3fdcc851 completed April 10, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f60abfc8588190ab9300c6e5e59092 completed May 2, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f61a13fd1481908a06ca65b276e0e1 completed May 2, 2026, 3:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f61ad2bd0c8190ada37bc1f8ae160f completed May 2, 2026, 3:40 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.