Triple

T6922381
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zarma language E160218 entity
Predicate ethnicGroup P194 FINISHED
Object Zarma people
The Zarma people are a major West African ethnic group, primarily inhabiting southwestern Niger and neighboring regions, known for their Sahelian farming, rich oral traditions, and close cultural ties to the Songhai.
E71792 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: Zarma people | Statement: [Zarma language, ethnicGroup, Zarma people]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zarma people
Context triple: [Zarma language, ethnicGroup, Zarma people]
  • A. Bambara people
    The Bambara people are a major Mande ethnic group of West Africa, primarily in Mali, known for their rich agricultural traditions, distinctive language, and influential cultural and artistic heritage.
  • B. Songhai people
    The Songhai people are a major West African ethnic group historically centered along the Niger River, renowned for founding the powerful Songhai Empire with its capitals at Gao and Timbuktu.
  • C. Dagomba people
    The Dagomba people are a major Gur-speaking ethnic group of northern Ghana and neighboring Togo, known for their centralized chieftaincy system, rich drumming traditions, and Islamic-influenced culture.
  • D. Mandinka people
    The Mandinka people are a major Mande-speaking ethnic group of West Africa known for their rich oral traditions, Islamic scholarship, and historical role in the Mali Empire.
  • E. Fulani
    The Fulani are a large, traditionally pastoralist West African ethnic group spread across many countries, known for their nomadic cattle-herding culture, Islamic scholarship, and significant historical role in regional empires and trade.
  • 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: Zarma people
Triple: [Zarma language, ethnicGroup, Zarma people]
Generated description
The Zarma people are a major West African ethnic group, primarily inhabiting southwestern Niger and neighboring regions, known for their Sahelian farming, rich oral traditions, and close cultural ties to the Songhai.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zarma people
Target entity description: The Zarma people are a major West African ethnic group, primarily inhabiting southwestern Niger and neighboring regions, known for their Sahelian farming, rich oral traditions, and close cultural ties to the Songhai.
  • A. Bambara people
    The Bambara people are a major Mande ethnic group of West Africa, primarily in Mali, known for their rich agricultural traditions, distinctive language, and influential cultural and artistic heritage.
  • B. Songhai people chosen
    The Songhai people are a major West African ethnic group historically centered along the Niger River, renowned for founding the powerful Songhai Empire with its capitals at Gao and Timbuktu.
  • C. Dagomba people
    The Dagomba people are a major Gur-speaking ethnic group of northern Ghana and neighboring Togo, known for their centralized chieftaincy system, rich drumming traditions, and Islamic-influenced culture.
  • D. Mandinka people
    The Mandinka people are a major Mande-speaking ethnic group of West Africa known for their rich oral traditions, Islamic scholarship, and historical role in the Mali Empire.
  • E. Fulani
    The Fulani are a large, traditionally pastoralist West African ethnic group spread across many countries, known for their nomadic cattle-herding culture, Islamic scholarship, and significant historical role in regional empires and trade.
  • F. None of above.

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_69c6884d350081908d8a970e4d40ad78 completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d9fd159c819092a69d1a24e22dd5 completed March 27, 2026, 7:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c75854d968819085e0c5123a57c751 completed March 28, 2026, 4:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c75a417b7481908846a53712ea2323 completed March 28, 2026, 4:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c75abf8de881908e1ae0a46da795bc completed March 28, 2026, 4:36 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:26 p.m.