Triple

T1302610
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Matabeleland North E27799 entity
Predicate ethnicGroup P194 FINISHED
Object Tonga people
The Tonga people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of southern Africa, traditionally living along the Zambezi River in Zambia and Zimbabwe with a distinct language, culture, and history tied to the riverine environment.
E150726 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: Tonga people | Statement: [Matabeleland North, ethnicGroup, Tonga people]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tonga people
Context triple: [Matabeleland North, ethnicGroup, Tonga people]
  • A. Tongans
    Tongans are a Polynesian ethnic group native to the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific, known for their rich seafaring traditions, hierarchical social structure, and vibrant cultural practices including dance, music, and tapa-making.
  • B. Tongan New Zealanders
    Tongan New Zealanders are New Zealand residents or citizens of Tongan ancestry, forming one of the country’s largest and most vibrant Pacific Islander communities.
  • C. Samoans
    Samoans are a Polynesian ethnic group indigenous to the Samoan Islands, known for their rich seafaring traditions, communal culture (fa'a Samoa), and strong presence across Samoa, American Samoa, and a global diaspora.
  • D. Kiribati people
    The Kiribati people are an indigenous Micronesian ethnic group primarily inhabiting the island nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean, known for their seafaring traditions and atoll-based culture.
  • E. Niuean New Zealanders
    Niuean New Zealanders are people of Niuean ancestry living in New Zealand, forming a distinct Pacific Islander community with their own cultural traditions and language.
  • 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: Tonga people
Triple: [Matabeleland North, ethnicGroup, Tonga people]
Generated description
The Tonga people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of southern Africa, traditionally living along the Zambezi River in Zambia and Zimbabwe with a distinct language, culture, and history tied to the riverine environment.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tonga people
Target entity description: The Tonga people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of southern Africa, traditionally living along the Zambezi River in Zambia and Zimbabwe with a distinct language, culture, and history tied to the riverine environment.
  • A. Tongans
    Tongans are a Polynesian ethnic group native to the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific, known for their rich seafaring traditions, hierarchical social structure, and vibrant cultural practices including dance, music, and tapa-making.
  • B. Tongan New Zealanders
    Tongan New Zealanders are New Zealand residents or citizens of Tongan ancestry, forming one of the country’s largest and most vibrant Pacific Islander communities.
  • C. Samoans
    Samoans are a Polynesian ethnic group indigenous to the Samoan Islands, known for their rich seafaring traditions, communal culture (fa'a Samoa), and strong presence across Samoa, American Samoa, and a global diaspora.
  • D. Kiribati people
    The Kiribati people are an indigenous Micronesian ethnic group primarily inhabiting the island nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean, known for their seafaring traditions and atoll-based culture.
  • E. Niuean New Zealanders
    Niuean New Zealanders are people of Niuean ancestry living in New Zealand, forming a distinct Pacific Islander community with their own cultural traditions and language.
  • 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_69a496d7d83481908f83085854e51328 completed March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c115ba64819081c55fa6807e19ef completed March 1, 2026, 10:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acbae9c8a88190bf9de136a41c82a4 completed March 7, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acbbaaa7108190aac908e9fec6d186 completed March 7, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acbbfee7e88190b216beef1c862f64 completed March 7, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.