Triple

T390591
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nilo-Saharan languages E8870 entity
Predicate includesLanguage P2177 FINISHED
Object Maasai language
Maasai language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania, known for its rich oral tradition and distinctive phonology.
 E50220 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: Maasai language | Statement: [Nilo-Saharan languages, includesLanguage, Maasai language]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Maasai language
Context triple: [Nilo-Saharan languages, includesLanguage, Maasai language]
  • A. Swahili language
    Swahili is a major Bantu language widely spoken in East and Central Africa, serving as a regional lingua franca and an official language in several countries including Tanzania and Kenya.
  • B. Nuer language
    Nuer language is a Western Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Nuer people of South Sudan and western Ethiopia.
  • C. Kiliwa language
    The Kiliwa language is an endangered indigenous language spoken by the Kiliwa people of northern Baja California, Mexico, known for its highly complex verbal morphology and status as one of the last surviving isolates within the Yuman linguistic area.
  • D. Kichwa
    Kichwa is a Quechuan indigenous language variety widely spoken by Andean communities in Ecuador and neighboring regions.
  • E. Kiswah
    Kiswah is the ornate black cloth embroidered with Quranic verses that traditionally drapes and adorns the Kaaba in Mecca.
  • 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: Maasai language
Triple: [Nilo-Saharan languages, includesLanguage, Maasai language]
Generated description
Maasai language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania, known for its rich oral tradition and distinctive phonology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Maasai language
Target entity description: Maasai language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania, known for its rich oral tradition and distinctive phonology.
  • A. Swahili language
    Swahili is a major Bantu language widely spoken in East and Central Africa, serving as a regional lingua franca and an official language in several countries including Tanzania and Kenya.
  • B. Nuer language
    Nuer language is a Western Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Nuer people of South Sudan and western Ethiopia.
  • C. Kiliwa language
    The Kiliwa language is an endangered indigenous language spoken by the Kiliwa people of northern Baja California, Mexico, known for its highly complex verbal morphology and status as one of the last surviving isolates within the Yuman linguistic area.
  • D. Kichwa
    Kichwa is a Quechuan indigenous language variety widely spoken by Andean communities in Ecuador and neighboring regions.
  • E. Kiswah
    Kiswah is the ornate black cloth embroidered with Quranic verses that traditionally drapes and adorns the Kaaba in Mecca.
  • 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_69a40ad425a881909eea63c64a683c0f completed March 1, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a40b2db7708190a7b0dfb448310ae6 completed March 1, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a40ba273888190b3923d6f5efefd2a completed March 1, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.