Triple
T9486679
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Trans-Saharan trade routes |
E228779
|
entity |
| Predicate | enabledRiseOf |
P6232
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Songhai Empire |
E68378
|
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: Songhai Empire | Statement: [Trans-Saharan trade routes, enabledRiseOf, Songhai Empire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Songhai Empire Context triple: [Trans-Saharan trade routes, enabledRiseOf, Songhai Empire]
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A.
Songhai Empire
chosen
The Songhai Empire was a powerful and wealthy medieval West African state centered along the Niger River, renowned for its control of trans-Saharan trade and cities like Gao and Timbuktu.
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B.
Mali Empire
The Mali Empire was a powerful medieval West African state renowned for its wealth, trans-Saharan trade networks, and centers of Islamic learning such as Timbuktu.
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C.
Bambara Empire
The Bambara Empire was a powerful 17th–19th century West African state centered in present-day Mali, known for its military expansion, vibrant trade, and rich Bambara cultural traditions.
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D.
Fulani Empire
The Fulani Empire was a powerful 19th-century West African Islamic state centered in what is now northern Nigeria, established through a jihad that reshaped the region’s political and religious landscape.
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E.
Wadai Sultanate
The Wadai Sultanate was a powerful pre-colonial Islamic kingdom in central Africa, centered in what is now eastern Chad, that dominated regional trade and politics from the early modern period until French conquest in the early 20th century.
- 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_69ca847424f081908180305555139f7a |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd8051303881909566126a2688e41c |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d14bfc9c9c81909ee0a70c323949bf |
completed | April 4, 2026, 5:35 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:55 p.m.