Triple

T2233838
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nilo-Saharan phylum E49230 entity
Predicate usedBy P260 FINISHED
Object Nilotic peoples
Nilotic peoples are a group of ethnolinguistically related communities primarily inhabiting the Nile Valley and surrounding regions of East Africa, known for their pastoralist traditions and distinct cultural practices.
E256796 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: Nilotic peoples | Statement: [Nilo-Saharan phylum, usedBy, Nilotic peoples]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nilotic peoples
Context triple: [Nilo-Saharan phylum, usedBy, Nilotic peoples]
  • A. Dinka people
    The Dinka people are a Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan, known for their pastoralist traditions, cattle culture, and significant role in the country’s history and society.
  • B. Ngada people
    The Ngada people are an indigenous ethnic group of central Flores in Indonesia, known for their megalithic villages, matrilineal traditions, and distinctive ritual practices.
  • C. Krahn people
    The Krahn people are an ethnic group primarily found in Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire, known for their significant political influence in Liberia and their involvement in the country’s late 20th-century conflicts.
  • D. Nuer
    The Nuer are a Nilotic ethnic group of pastoralists primarily inhabiting the floodplains of the Nile in South Sudan and western Ethiopia, known for their cattle-centered culture and segmentary lineage social structure.
  • E. Songhai people
    The Songhai people are a major West African ethnic group historically centered along the Niger River, renowned for founding the powerful Songhai Empire with its capitals at Gao and Timbuktu.
  • 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: Nilotic peoples
Triple: [Nilo-Saharan phylum, usedBy, Nilotic peoples]
Generated description
Nilotic peoples are a group of ethnolinguistically related communities primarily inhabiting the Nile Valley and surrounding regions of East Africa, known for their pastoralist traditions and distinct cultural practices.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nilotic peoples
Target entity description: Nilotic peoples are a group of ethnolinguistically related communities primarily inhabiting the Nile Valley and surrounding regions of East Africa, known for their pastoralist traditions and distinct cultural practices.
  • A. Dinka people
    The Dinka people are a Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan, known for their pastoralist traditions, cattle culture, and significant role in the country’s history and society.
  • B. Ngada people
    The Ngada people are an indigenous ethnic group of central Flores in Indonesia, known for their megalithic villages, matrilineal traditions, and distinctive ritual practices.
  • C. Krahn people
    The Krahn people are an ethnic group primarily found in Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire, known for their significant political influence in Liberia and their involvement in the country’s late 20th-century conflicts.
  • D. Nuer
    The Nuer are a Nilotic ethnic group of pastoralists primarily inhabiting the floodplains of the Nile in South Sudan and western Ethiopia, known for their cattle-centered culture and segmentary lineage social structure.
  • E. Songhai people
    The Songhai people are a major West African ethnic group historically centered along the Niger River, renowned for founding the powerful Songhai Empire with its capitals at Gao and Timbuktu.
  • 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_69a88aa84bdc819086df50e9c20b301e completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc0913f1c8190ac9cfeb0f1c84a76 completed March 7, 2026, 6:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae8944c9e0819099aee546cfc1a636 completed March 9, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae8ae2ab7481909d265e56369f68e2 completed March 9, 2026, 8:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae8b6c553481908b2b7b1f880b814d completed March 9, 2026, 8:57 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.