Triple

T21418158
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sissala E528359 entity
Predicate linguisticBranch P1967 FINISHED
Object Gur branch of Niger–Congo
The Gur branch of Niger–Congo is a major subgroup of the Niger–Congo language family spoken primarily in West Africa, encompassing numerous related languages across countries such as Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, and neighboring regions.
 E1483794 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: Gur branch of Niger–Congo | Statement: [Sissala, linguisticBranch, Gur branch of Niger–Congo]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gur branch of Niger–Congo
Context triple: [Sissala, linguisticBranch, Gur branch of Niger–Congo]
  • A. Kwa branch of Niger–Congo
    The Kwa branch of Niger–Congo is a major subgroup of West African languages spoken primarily in southern Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, and Benin, known for its tonal systems and rich noun-class and aspectual distinctions.
  • B. Plateau branch of Niger-Congo
    The Plateau branch of Niger-Congo is a subgroup of Benue–Congo languages spoken mainly in central Nigeria, known for their considerable diversity and complex noun class systems.
  • C. Mumuye–Yendang branch of Niger-Congo
    The Mumuye–Yendang branch of Niger-Congo is a subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in eastern Nigeria.
  • D. Songhay branch of Nilo-Saharan
    The Songhay branch of Nilo-Saharan is a group of closely related languages spoken primarily along the Niger River in West Africa, including major varieties such as Zarma and Songhay proper.
  • E. Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan
    The Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan is a subgroup of the Nilo-Saharan language family comprising languages spoken primarily across the central Sahara and surrounding Sahel regions.
  • 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: Gur branch of Niger–Congo
Triple: [Sissala, linguisticBranch, Gur branch of Niger–Congo]
Generated description
The Gur branch of Niger–Congo is a major subgroup of the Niger–Congo language family spoken primarily in West Africa, encompassing numerous related languages across countries such as Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, and neighboring regions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gur branch of Niger–Congo
Target entity description: The Gur branch of Niger–Congo is a major subgroup of the Niger–Congo language family spoken primarily in West Africa, encompassing numerous related languages across countries such as Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, and neighboring regions.
  • A. Kwa branch of Niger–Congo
    The Kwa branch of Niger–Congo is a major subgroup of West African languages spoken primarily in southern Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, and Benin, known for its tonal systems and rich noun-class and aspectual distinctions.
  • B. Plateau branch of Niger-Congo
    The Plateau branch of Niger-Congo is a subgroup of Benue–Congo languages spoken mainly in central Nigeria, known for their considerable diversity and complex noun class systems.
  • C. Mumuye–Yendang branch of Niger-Congo
    The Mumuye–Yendang branch of Niger-Congo is a subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in eastern Nigeria.
  • D. Songhay branch of Nilo-Saharan
    The Songhay branch of Nilo-Saharan is a group of closely related languages spoken primarily along the Niger River in West Africa, including major varieties such as Zarma and Songhay proper.
  • E. Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan
    The Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan is a subgroup of the Nilo-Saharan language family comprising languages spoken primarily across the central Sahara and surrounding Sahel regions.
  • 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_69e0c454c248819093425d1099101c09 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ee62d29f948190b820c92014d1c53a completed April 26, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09c2a06c0c81909da8bb39a78df85e completed May 17, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09c33c37e88190b559bbf98e589487 completed May 17, 2026, 1:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09c3c6a208819096b2e4a2c92b3cb0 completed May 17, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 5:46 p.m.