Triple

T390567
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nilo-Saharan languages E8870 entity
Predicate hasSubfamily P747 FINISHED
Object Eastern Nilotic languages
Eastern Nilotic languages are a branch of Nilotic languages spoken primarily in South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and northern Tanzania, including languages such as Maasai, Turkana, and Karamojong.
E8870 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: [Nilo-Saharan languages, hasSubfamily, Eastern Nilotic languages]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eastern Nilotic languages
Context triple: [Nilo-Saharan languages, hasSubfamily, Eastern Nilotic languages]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Niger–Congo languages
    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.
  • C. Songhay languages
    The Songhay languages are a group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily along the Niger River in Mali, Niger, and neighboring West African countries.
  • D. West Chadic
    West Chadic is a major branch of the Chadic languages within the Afroasiatic family, encompassing languages such as Hausa spoken primarily in West Africa.
  • 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. 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: [Nilo-Saharan languages, hasSubfamily, Eastern Nilotic languages]
Generated description
Eastern Nilotic languages are a branch of Nilotic languages spoken primarily in South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and northern Tanzania, 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 Nilotic languages spoken primarily in South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and northern Tanzania, including languages such as Maasai, Turkana, and Karamojong.
  • A. Nilo-Saharan languages chosen
    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.
  • B. Niger–Congo languages
    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.
  • C. Songhay languages
    The Songhay languages are a group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily along the Niger River in Mali, Niger, and neighboring West African countries.
  • D. West Chadic
    West Chadic is a major branch of the Chadic languages within the Afroasiatic family, encompassing languages such as Hausa spoken primarily in West Africa.
  • 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.

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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec5d73e881909101308a583c8f13 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4035310608190a1e0f807cb93e1e1 completed March 1, 2026, 9:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a403a7c1488190a7773a5ae8a8cec7 completed March 1, 2026, 9:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a40428b014819091c6534ba35a11ff completed March 1, 2026, 9:17 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.