Triple

T199604
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Northern Ndebele E4072 entity
Predicate subfamily P4180 FINISHED
Object Southern Bantu
Southern Bantu is a major branch of the Bantu language family comprising numerous closely related languages spoken primarily in the southern regions of Africa.
E25286 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: Southern Bantu | Statement: [Northern Ndebele, subfamily, Southern Bantu]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Bantu
Context triple: [Northern Ndebele, subfamily, Southern Bantu]
  • A. Northern Ndebele
    Northern Ndebele is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken primarily in southwestern Zimbabwe and closely related to Zulu.
  • B. Fulani
    The Fulani are a large, traditionally pastoralist West African ethnic group spread across many countries, known for their nomadic cattle-herding culture, Islamic scholarship, and significant historical role in regional empires and trade.
  • C. Kiliwa people
    The Kiliwa people are an Indigenous group native to northern Baja California, Mexico, known for their distinct language, traditional hunting-gathering lifestyle, and rich ceremonial practices.
  • D. Khoisan languages
    Khoisan languages are a group of indigenous African language families best known for their distinctive click consonants and their speakers’ long-standing presence in southern Africa.
  • E. Khoikhoi
    The Khoikhoi are an indigenous pastoralist people of southwestern Africa, historically known for their cattle-herding societies and early encounters with European colonists in what is now South Africa and Namibia.
  • 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: Southern Bantu
Triple: [Northern Ndebele, subfamily, Southern Bantu]
Generated description
Southern Bantu is a major branch of the Bantu language family comprising numerous closely related languages spoken primarily in the southern regions of Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Bantu
Target entity description: Southern Bantu is a major branch of the Bantu language family comprising numerous closely related languages spoken primarily in the southern regions of Africa.
  • A. Northern Ndebele
    Northern Ndebele is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken primarily in southwestern Zimbabwe and closely related to Zulu.
  • B. Fulani
    The Fulani are a large, traditionally pastoralist West African ethnic group spread across many countries, known for their nomadic cattle-herding culture, Islamic scholarship, and significant historical role in regional empires and trade.
  • C. Kiliwa people
    The Kiliwa people are an Indigenous group native to northern Baja California, Mexico, known for their distinct language, traditional hunting-gathering lifestyle, and rich ceremonial practices.
  • D. Khoisan languages
    Khoisan languages are a group of indigenous African language families best known for their distinctive click consonants and their speakers’ long-standing presence in southern Africa.
  • E. Khoikhoi
    The Khoikhoi are an indigenous pastoralist people of southwestern Africa, historically known for their cattle-herding societies and early encounters with European colonists in what is now South Africa and Namibia.
  • 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_69a254bca59881909a15e1496f1508c7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25bcc6dc88190b8c24b485588dfe4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a31c9530a88190b04a08b521fcd207 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 4:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a31e77d1548190a1cd9e38e57d1da7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a31ecd935c8190bce5ebe024568e7e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m.