Triple
T188622
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | South Africa |
E3669
|
entity |
| Predicate | officialLanguage |
P236
|
FINISHED |
| Object | isiXhosa |
E11008
|
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: isiXhosa | Statement: [South Africa, officialLanguage, isiXhosa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: isiXhosa Context triple: [South Africa, officialLanguage, isiXhosa]
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A.
Xhosa
chosen
Xhosa is a Bantu language of South Africa, known for its distinctive click consonants and as one of the country’s major official languages.
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B.
Zulu
Zulu is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken primarily in South Africa and widely influential in the country’s culture and other local languages.
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C.
Xhosa polities
Xhosa polities were a group of related, chiefly-led African societies in southeastern South Africa, known for their complex social structures, shared Xhosa language and culture, and resistance to colonial expansion.
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D.
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia, originating from 17th-century Dutch and influenced by various African and Asian languages.
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E.
Northern Ndebele
Northern Ndebele is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken primarily in southwestern Zimbabwe and closely related to Zulu.
- 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_69a2548debd48190ae3a06d6e65b53c6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:35 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2594abeec8190a48f36817e647fcd |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a30287094c8190ad4669e856a29f6c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:58 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:41 a.m.