Triple

T25095263
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Songhay–Berber language contact E628570 entity
Predicate occursAmongPeople P36577 FINISHED
Object Zarma people
The Zarma people are a major West African ethnic group primarily inhabiting southwestern Niger and neighboring regions, known for their Songhay language, Islamic traditions, and agro-pastoral way of life along the Niger River.
 E1663197 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: Zarma people | Statement: [Songhay–Berber language contact, occursAmongPeople, Zarma people]
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: Zarma people
Triple: [Songhay–Berber language contact, occursAmongPeople, Zarma people]
Generated description
The Zarma people are a major West African ethnic group primarily inhabiting southwestern Niger and neighboring regions, known for their Songhay language, Islamic traditions, and agro-pastoral way of life along the Niger River.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target predicate: occursAmongPeople
Context triple: [Songhay–Berber language contact, occursAmongPeople, Zarma people]
  • A. peopleGroupWithin
    Indicates that one group of people is geographically or organizationally contained within another group of people.
  • B. frequentOccasion
    Indicates that a particular event, situation, or condition occurs repeatedly or commonly over time.
  • C. peopleType
    Indicates the classification or category of people an entity is associated with or represents.
  • D. among chosen
    Indicates that one or more entities are considered as part of, or in relation to, a larger group or collection of entities.
  • E. crowdAction
    Indicates an action or behavior performed collectively by a group of individuals acting as a crowd.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69e2ff2f58e881908340527bc5d34f07 completed April 18, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f46d3f35848190b56a4373c97a7d64 completed May 1, 2026, 9:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a1048ec22bc81909dc65427b0d0db4f completed May 22, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a104a6df4208190b8fa9647b516b7fc completed May 22, 2026, 12:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a104c2d8308819097b21b979944585e completed May 22, 2026, 12:29 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69f4683472ec8190a483b3b8afe71720 completed May 1, 2026, 8:45 a.m.
Created at: April 18, 2026, 6:24 a.m.