Triple

T14562361
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Tondibi E341697 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Askia Ishaq II
Askia Ishaq II was the last ruler of the Songhai Empire, whose defeat by Moroccan forces in the late 16th century marked the collapse of one of West Africa’s greatest precolonial states.
E1120631 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: Askia Ishaq II | Statement: [Battle of Tondibi, commander, Askia Ishaq II]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Askia Ishaq II
Context triple: [Battle of Tondibi, commander, Askia Ishaq II]
  • A. Askia Muhammad I
    Askia Muhammad I was a prominent 15th–16th century West African emperor who greatly expanded and centralized the Songhai Empire while promoting Islam, trade, and learning.
  • B. Askia Dawud
    Askia Dawud was a 16th-century ruler of the Songhai Empire, known for presiding over a period of relative stability, prosperity, and extensive trans-Saharan trade.
  • C. Al-Ashraf Musa
    Al-Ashraf Musa was a medieval Muslim ruler of the Ayyubid dynasty who governed parts of Syria and played a role in the region’s shifting political landscape after Saladin’s era.
  • D. Shehu of Borno
    The Shehu of Borno is the traditional monarch and spiritual leader of the Kanuri people, historically ruling the Borno Empire in the Lake Chad region of West Africa.
  • E. Muhammadu Sanusi I
    Muhammadu Sanusi I was the 11th Emir of Kano, a prominent Nigerian Islamic leader and traditional ruler who played a significant role in Northern Nigeria’s political and religious life in the mid-20th century.
  • 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: Askia Ishaq II
Triple: [Battle of Tondibi, commander, Askia Ishaq II]
Generated description
Askia Ishaq II was the last ruler of the Songhai Empire, whose defeat by Moroccan forces in the late 16th century marked the collapse of one of West Africa’s greatest precolonial states.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Askia Ishaq II
Target entity description: Askia Ishaq II was the last ruler of the Songhai Empire, whose defeat by Moroccan forces in the late 16th century marked the collapse of one of West Africa’s greatest precolonial states.
  • A. Askia Muhammad I
    Askia Muhammad I was a prominent 15th–16th century West African emperor who greatly expanded and centralized the Songhai Empire while promoting Islam, trade, and learning.
  • B. Askia Dawud
    Askia Dawud was a 16th-century ruler of the Songhai Empire, known for presiding over a period of relative stability, prosperity, and extensive trans-Saharan trade.
  • C. Al-Ashraf Musa
    Al-Ashraf Musa was a medieval Muslim ruler of the Ayyubid dynasty who governed parts of Syria and played a role in the region’s shifting political landscape after Saladin’s era.
  • D. Shehu of Borno
    The Shehu of Borno is the traditional monarch and spiritual leader of the Kanuri people, historically ruling the Borno Empire in the Lake Chad region of West Africa.
  • E. Muhammadu Sanusi I
    Muhammadu Sanusi I was the 11th Emir of Kano, a prominent Nigerian Islamic leader and traditional ruler who played a significant role in Northern Nigeria’s political and religious life in the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69d822dcc6248190bed689984bceb0e2 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb38afa8881909c9151b7620949ae completed April 14, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe24a2fc048190b68d3267fe17471b completed May 8, 2026, 6 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe267a18348190a979d8bc26cb9740 completed May 8, 2026, 6:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe26ca706881908fe0da780bd9f691 completed May 8, 2026, 6:09 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:23 a.m.