Triple

T424562
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Niger–Congo languages E8177 entity
Predicate includesLanguage P2177 FINISHED
Object Chichewa
Chichewa is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in Malawi and neighboring countries, serving as a national and widely used lingua franca in the region.
 E55892 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: Chichewa | Statement: [Niger–Congo languages, includesLanguage, Chichewa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Chichewa
Context triple: [Niger–Congo languages, includesLanguage, Chichewa]
  • A. Shona
    Shona is a major Bantu language of Zimbabwe, widely spoken by the Shona people and used in education, media, and government.
  • B. Tshivenda
    Tshivenda is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Venda people in northern South Africa and neighboring regions.
  • C. Lingala
    Lingala is a Bantu language widely spoken as a lingua franca in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo, especially in urban centers and along the Congo River.
  • D. Xitsonga
    Xitsonga is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Tsonga people in southern Africa, notably in South Africa, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.
  • E. Southern Ndebele
    Southern Ndebele is a Bantu language spoken primarily in South Africa, known for its distinctive click sounds and cultural association with the Ndebele people.
  • 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: Chichewa
Triple: [Niger–Congo languages, includesLanguage, Chichewa]
Generated description
Chichewa is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in Malawi and neighboring countries, serving as a national and widely used lingua franca in the region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Chichewa
Target entity description: Chichewa is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in Malawi and neighboring countries, serving as a national and widely used lingua franca in the region.
  • A. Shona
    Shona is a major Bantu language of Zimbabwe, widely spoken by the Shona people and used in education, media, and government.
  • B. Tshivenda
    Tshivenda is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Venda people in northern South Africa and neighboring regions.
  • C. Lingala
    Lingala is a Bantu language widely spoken as a lingua franca in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo, especially in urban centers and along the Congo River.
  • D. Xitsonga
    Xitsonga is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Tsonga people in southern Africa, notably in South Africa, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.
  • E. Southern Ndebele
    Southern Ndebele is a Bantu language spoken primarily in South Africa, known for its distinctive click sounds and cultural association with the Ndebele people.
  • 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_69a2e7f1d1bc81909cf2dc9754a3c334 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eed3e4cc8190ba6aff3bd1adb06f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a43e6ea6b08190b80a73d43af4a269 completed March 1, 2026, 1:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a440548aec81909ef1be2e8d3bd486 completed March 1, 2026, 1:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a440e991408190a2b26a552fec32a8 completed March 1, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.