Triple
T6154725
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Northern Sotho people |
E137290
|
entity |
| Predicate | language |
P15
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Northern Sotho language |
E36025
|
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: Northern Sotho language | Statement: [Northern Sotho people, language, Northern Sotho language]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Sotho language Context triple: [Northern Sotho people, language, Northern Sotho language]
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A.
Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
chosen
Northern Sotho (Sepedi) is a Bantu language of South Africa, recognized as one of the country’s official languages and widely spoken in the northern regions, especially in Limpopo and parts of Gauteng.
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B.
Sotho–Tswana languages
The Sotho–Tswana languages are a closely related group of Southern Bantu languages spoken primarily in South Africa, Lesotho, and Botswana, including Sesotho, Setswana, and Sepedi.
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C.
Sesotho
Sesotho is a Southern Bantu language spoken primarily in Lesotho and South Africa, where it holds official status and serves as a major medium of communication and cultural identity.
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D.
Tswa language
The Tswa language is a Bantu language of southern Africa, spoken mainly in Mozambique and neighboring regions, and is closely related to Xitsonga within the Tswa-Ronga group.
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E.
Sotho
Sotho is a Bantu language of Southern Africa, primarily spoken in Lesotho and South Africa, where it serves as one of the country’s official languages.
- 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_69c008a45d008190832a9e19f5d63406 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c05d01ddb0819085b5f5338b86a25d |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c1418195d8819092743f323430b9a8 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:17 p.m.