Triple
T7613757
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sotho-Tswana peoples |
E172307
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalProcess |
P11492
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Bantu expansion |
E645175
|
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: Bantu expansion | Statement: [Sotho-Tswana peoples, historicalProcess, Bantu expansion]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bantu expansion Context triple: [Sotho-Tswana peoples, historicalProcess, Bantu expansion]
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A.
Bantu expansion
chosen
The Bantu expansion was a major series of migrations by Bantu-speaking peoples across sub-Saharan Africa that spread related languages, ironworking, and agricultural practices over much of the continent.
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B.
Austronesian expansion
The Austronesian expansion was a major prehistoric maritime migration in which seafaring peoples from Taiwan and Island Southeast Asia spread across the Pacific and Indian Oceans, settling vast areas from Madagascar to Polynesia and profoundly shaping the linguistic and cultural landscape of these regions.
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C.
Eastern Bantu
Eastern Bantu is a major subgroup of the Bantu languages spoken primarily in eastern and parts of central and southern Africa, encompassing numerous related languages and dialects.
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D.
Central Bantu
Central Bantu refers to a major subgroup of Bantu languages spoken primarily in central Africa, closely related linguistically and historically to the Southern Bantu languages.
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E.
Bantu peoples
The Bantu peoples are a large, diverse group of African ethnic communities spread across central, eastern, and southern Africa who speak related Bantu languages and share historical and cultural ties.
- 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_69c6994f50808190ba228764bb422417 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:50 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6fa418ef081908fd17ff367520995 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c86868dce08190b31229ff2e06fe0c |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:46 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:55 p.m.