Triple

T9082747
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oti River basin E217673 entity
Predicate locatedIn P40 FINISHED
Object 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.
E777995 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: Benin–Togo border region | Statement: [Oti River basin, locatedIn, Benin–Togo border region]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benin–Togo border region
Context triple: [Oti River basin, locatedIn, Benin–Togo border region]
  • A. Togo–Ghana border region
    The Togo–Ghana border region is a transboundary area in West Africa characterized by shared river basins, including the Oti River, and a mix of cultural, linguistic, and ecological zones spanning both countries.
  • B. Mali–Burkina Faso border region
    The Mali–Burkina Faso border region is a sparsely governed Sahelian frontier zone marked by desert and semi-arid landscapes, where state presence is weak and jihadist insurgencies, communal violence, and illicit trafficking are widespread.
  • C. Gabon border
    The Gabon border near Ebebiyín is an international frontier in Central Africa where Gabon meets Equatorial Guinea, serving as a regional crossing point for people and goods.
  • D. Cameroon-Nigeria borderlands
    The Cameroon-Nigeria borderlands are a historically significant cultural and linguistic crossroads in Central-West Africa, known as an early homeland and dispersal zone for Bantu-speaking peoples.
  • E. Benin
    Benin is a West African country on the Gulf of Guinea known for its historical Kingdom of Dahomey and as a key region in the transatlantic slave 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: Benin–Togo border region
Triple: [Oti River basin, locatedIn, Benin–Togo border region]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benin–Togo border region
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. Togo–Ghana border region
    The Togo–Ghana border region is a transboundary area in West Africa characterized by shared river basins, including the Oti River, and a mix of cultural, linguistic, and ecological zones spanning both countries.
  • B. Mali–Burkina Faso border region
    The Mali–Burkina Faso border region is a sparsely governed Sahelian frontier zone marked by desert and semi-arid landscapes, where state presence is weak and jihadist insurgencies, communal violence, and illicit trafficking are widespread.
  • C. Gabon border
    The Gabon border near Ebebiyín is an international frontier in Central Africa where Gabon meets Equatorial Guinea, serving as a regional crossing point for people and goods.
  • D. Cameroon-Nigeria borderlands
    The Cameroon-Nigeria borderlands are a historically significant cultural and linguistic crossroads in Central-West Africa, known as an early homeland and dispersal zone for Bantu-speaking peoples.
  • E. Benin
    Benin is a West African country on the Gulf of Guinea known for its historical Kingdom of Dahomey and as a key region in the transatlantic slave 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_69ca83d7a0388190ba1af89ed7ba36f9 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc960a2760819084aab611eb1c43a9 completed April 1, 2026, 3:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d017baebb881908cfecd3438a17166 completed April 3, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0197673b48190a951d684d44823c1 completed April 3, 2026, 7:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d01a700ce48190868d445bde2462dc completed April 3, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:13 p.m.