Triple
T220468
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | West African languages |
E4201
|
entity |
| Predicate | majorFamily |
P10098
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Niger-Congo languages |
E8177
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Niger-Congo languages | Statement: [West African languages, majorFamily, Niger-Congo languages]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Niger-Congo languages Context triple: [West African languages, majorFamily, Niger-Congo languages]
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A.
Niger–Congo languages
chosen
The Niger–Congo languages form one of the world’s largest language families, encompassing hundreds of related languages spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa, including major groups like Bantu.
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B.
Bantu languages
Bantu languages are a large family of closely related languages spoken across much of central, eastern, and southern Africa, known for features like noun class systems and widespread mutual influences among neighboring tongues.
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C.
Nilo-Saharan languages
Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed large and diverse family of African languages spoken mainly along the Nile Valley and across parts of central and eastern Africa.
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D.
West African languages
West African languages are a diverse group of Niger-Congo and other language families spoken across West Africa that have significantly influenced the vocabulary, grammar, and phonology of many Atlantic and Caribbean creoles.
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E.
Nguni languages
The Nguni languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages of southern Africa that include major tongues such as Zulu, Xhosa, Swati, and Ndebele.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: majorFamily Context triple: [West African languages, majorFamily, Niger-Congo languages]
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A.
majorCase
Indicates that a legal case is of primary importance or high significance within a given context.
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B.
family
Indicates a familial relationship or connection between entities, such as being related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
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C.
containsFamily
Indicates that one entity includes or encompasses members of a particular family group within it.
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D.
majorExposition
Indicates that an entity is a primary or large-scale public presentation or exhibition of another entity (such as a work, collection, or topic).
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E.
motherFrom
Indicates that one entity is the mother (biological or adoptive) of another entity, specifying a maternal parent-child relationship from the mother to the child.
- 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_69a2573508588190b522c2476d91acfe |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25efd0df48190b8fef4c422a1265f |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:20 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3476fe7a0819086ce5c028429b2c0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a25b54d790819093b35bd1a6f00f92 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:04 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69a25efc13308190900a86ca0367c9b3 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:20 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.