Triple
T1411311
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tswana people |
E31810
|
entity |
| Predicate | ethnonym |
P4709
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Batswana |
E31810
|
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: Batswana | Statement: [Tswana people, ethnonym, Batswana]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Batswana Context triple: [Tswana people, ethnonym, Batswana]
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A.
Tswana people
chosen
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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B.
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.
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C.
Botswana
Botswana is a landlocked country in Southern Africa known for its stable democracy, significant diamond resources, and vast wildlife-rich landscapes including the Okavango Delta.
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D.
Swazi people
The Swazi people are a Bantu ethnic group native to Eswatini and neighboring regions, known for their monarchy-centered society, rich cultural traditions, and siSwati language.
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E.
Botswana and Zimbabwe
Botswana and Zimbabwe are neighboring landlocked countries in Southern Africa that share close historical, economic, and ecological ties.
- 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_69a49919a994819086528951bc224775 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c3e1da988190bc7c187e193539b6 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ace57be14881908d469d2b5333d6d5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:57 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.