Triple

T759408
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Johannesburg E16031 entity
Predicate languageWidelySpoken P2266 FINISHED
Object 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.
 E92239 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: Sotho | Statement: [Johannesburg, languageWidelySpoken, Sotho]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sotho
Context triple: [Johannesburg, languageWidelySpoken, Sotho]
  • A. Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
    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.
  • B. Setswana
    Setswana is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Botswana and parts of South Africa, known for being one of the region’s major indigenous languages.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Mosotho
    A Mosotho is a person from Lesotho, typically belonging to the Basotho ethnic group and culture.
  • E. Northern Ndebele
    Northern Ndebele is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken primarily in southwestern Zimbabwe and closely related to Zulu.
  • 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: Sotho
Triple: [Johannesburg, languageWidelySpoken, Sotho]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sotho
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
    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.
  • B. Setswana
    Setswana is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Botswana and parts of South Africa, known for being one of the region’s major indigenous languages.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Mosotho
    A Mosotho is a person from Lesotho, typically belonging to the Basotho ethnic group and culture.
  • E. Northern Ndebele
    Northern Ndebele is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken primarily in southwestern Zimbabwe and closely related to Zulu.
  • 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_69a493684ee48190bd43b7c78da4aec8 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4aa9cecd08190a23c9f65080a4ac7 completed March 1, 2026, 9:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a66d9764b081908f65c677582d9c86 completed March 3, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a66e046bbc8190848a0d0115dc34bd completed March 3, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a66fdd09b081909056bff1a32d413c completed March 3, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.