Triple

T390571
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nilo-Saharan languages E8870 entity
Predicate hasSubfamily P747 FINISHED
Object 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.
E51052 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 Sudanic languages | Statement: [Nilo-Saharan languages, hasSubfamily, Eastern Sudanic languages]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eastern Sudanic languages
Context triple: [Nilo-Saharan languages, hasSubfamily, Eastern Sudanic languages]
  • A. 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.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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 Sudanic languages
Triple: [Nilo-Saharan languages, hasSubfamily, Eastern Sudanic languages]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eastern Sudanic languages
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. 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.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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_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_69a4103bcd788190bbbe4ddf8f71171a completed March 1, 2026, 10:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a41108fce081908efb6b08dc0a7a63 completed March 1, 2026, 10:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4134170008190a5a7d9567de6cc09 completed March 1, 2026, 10:21 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.