Triple

T2403430

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Maasai language	`E50220`	entity
Predicate	subfamily	`P4180`	FINISHED
Object	Eastern Nilotic languages Eastern Nilotic languages are a branch of the Nilotic language family spoken primarily in parts of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, and Ethiopia, including languages such as Maasai, Turkana, and Karamojong.	`E286529`	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: Eastern Nilotic languages | Statement: [Maasai language, subfamily, Eastern Nilotic languages]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Eastern Nilotic languages
Context triple: [Maasai language, subfamily, Eastern Nilotic languages]

A. Western Nilotic languages
Western Nilotic languages are a subgroup of the Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken primarily in parts of South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and neighboring regions.
B. Southern Nilotic languages
Southern Nilotic languages are a branch of the Nilotic language family spoken primarily in Kenya, Tanzania, and neighboring regions by various pastoralist and agricultural communities.
C. Nilotic languages
Nilotic languages are a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken primarily along the Nile Valley and surrounding regions of East and Central Africa by various pastoralist and agricultural communities.
D. Eastern Sudanic languages
Eastern Sudanic languages are a major branch of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family, spoken primarily in northeastern and eastern Africa and including languages such as Nubian and Nilotic.
E. Central Sudanic languages
Central Sudanic languages are a major branch of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family, spoken primarily in central Africa across countries such as South Sudan, Chad, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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: Eastern Nilotic languages
Triple: [Maasai language, subfamily, Eastern Nilotic languages]

Generated description

Eastern Nilotic languages are a branch of the Nilotic language family spoken primarily in parts of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, and Ethiopia, including languages such as Maasai, Turkana, and Karamojong.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Eastern Nilotic languages
Target entity description: Eastern Nilotic languages are a branch of the Nilotic language family spoken primarily in parts of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, and Ethiopia, including languages such as Maasai, Turkana, and Karamojong.

A. Western Nilotic languages
Western Nilotic languages are a subgroup of the Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken primarily in parts of South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and neighboring regions.
B. Southern Nilotic languages
Southern Nilotic languages are a branch of the Nilotic language family spoken primarily in Kenya, Tanzania, and neighboring regions by various pastoralist and agricultural communities.
C. Nilotic languages
Nilotic languages are a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken primarily along the Nile Valley and surrounding regions of East and Central Africa by various pastoralist and agricultural communities.
D. Eastern Sudanic languages
Eastern Sudanic languages are a major branch of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family, spoken primarily in northeastern and eastern Africa and including languages such as Nubian and Nilotic.
E. Central Sudanic languages
Central Sudanic languages are a major branch of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family, spoken primarily in central Africa across countries such as South Sudan, Chad, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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_69a88b0339a88190a1207333cd271cc9`	completed	March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69abc8f8aa2881909192920ee394f0b3`	completed	March 7, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69af98a342508190b30766327f298bf9`	completed	March 10, 2026, 4:05 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69af99d25a1c81908061ebf996e4f470`	completed	March 10, 2026, 4:10 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69af9a94473c8190b97cedd374d9b032`	completed	March 10, 2026, 4:14 a.m.

Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:58 p.m.