Triple
T11258118
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Venda people |
E266491
|
entity |
| Predicate | neighboringEthnicGroup |
P11274
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Northern Sotho people |
E137290
|
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: Northern Sotho people | Statement: [Venda people, neighboringEthnicGroup, Northern Sotho people]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Sotho people Context triple: [Venda people, neighboringEthnicGroup, Northern Sotho people]
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A.
Northern Sotho people
chosen
The Northern Sotho people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of South Africa, primarily known for their Sepedi language and rich cultural traditions in the country’s northeastern regions.
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B.
Sotho-Tswana peoples
The Sotho-Tswana peoples are a closely related group of Bantu-speaking ethnic communities of Southern Africa, including the Sotho, Tswana, and Pedi, known for shared linguistic, cultural, and historical traditions.
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C.
Tswana people
The Tswana people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group native primarily to Botswana and parts of South Africa, known for their rich cultural traditions, cattle-based pastoralism, and significant influence on the region’s political and social history.
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D.
Tswa people
The Tswa people are a Bantu ethnic group of southern Africa, closely related to other Tsonga-speaking communities and known for their distinct language and cultural traditions.
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E.
Basotho people
The Basotho people are a Bantu ethnic group primarily inhabiting Lesotho and parts of South Africa, known for their Sesotho language, distinctive blanket attire, and rich mountain-based cultural traditions.
- 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_69d6aac7953c8190b82caf9d7640fdf9 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e935b85c819085e1abf2dd4099c5 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 6 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e4f410cb508190bb0ceab51075eec5 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 3:26 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.