Triple
T540203
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | West Africa |
E12611
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasLanguageFamily |
P1047
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Nilo-Saharan languages |
E8870
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Nilo-Saharan languages | Statement: [West Africa, hasLanguageFamily, Nilo-Saharan languages]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nilo-Saharan languages Context triple: [West Africa, hasLanguageFamily, Nilo-Saharan languages]
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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.
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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.
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C.
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.
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D.
Benue–Congo languages
The Benue–Congo languages are a large and diverse branch of African languages that include the widespread Bantu family and are spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
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E.
Atlantic–Congo languages
Atlantic–Congo languages are a major branch of the Niger–Congo language family, encompassing hundreds of related languages spoken widely across sub-Saharan Africa.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a49334226c81908b0ea1689ef6aa3f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4985feee481908184a39210feab95 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4d0403b248190a94b44b6073c500b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.