Triple

T10489803
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Majang language E247384 entity
Predicate belongsTo P35 FINISHED
Object Surmic branch of Nilo-Saharan
The Surmic branch of Nilo-Saharan is a subgroup of Eastern Sudanic languages spoken primarily in southwestern Ethiopia and neighboring regions, encompassing languages such as Majang and other closely related Surmic tongues.
 E869032 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: Surmic branch of Nilo-Saharan | Statement: [Majang language, belongsTo, Surmic branch of Nilo-Saharan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Surmic branch of Nilo-Saharan
Context triple: [Majang language, belongsTo, Surmic branch of Nilo-Saharan]
  • A. Maban branch of Nilo-Saharan
    The Maban branch of Nilo-Saharan is a subgroup of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken mainly in eastern Chad and western Sudan, comprising several related languages of the Maban people.
  • B. Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan
    The Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan is a subgroup of the Nilo-Saharan language family comprising languages spoken primarily across the central Sahara and surrounding Sahel regions.
  • C. Songhay branch of Nilo-Saharan
    The Songhay branch of Nilo-Saharan is a group of closely related languages spoken primarily along the Niger River in West Africa, including major varieties such as Zarma and Songhay proper.
  • D. Nilo-Saharan languages
    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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Surmic branch of Nilo-Saharan
Triple: [Majang language, belongsTo, Surmic branch of Nilo-Saharan]
Generated description
The Surmic branch of Nilo-Saharan is a subgroup of Eastern Sudanic languages spoken primarily in southwestern Ethiopia and neighboring regions, encompassing languages such as Majang and other closely related Surmic tongues.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Surmic branch of Nilo-Saharan
Target entity description: The Surmic branch of Nilo-Saharan is a subgroup of Eastern Sudanic languages spoken primarily in southwestern Ethiopia and neighboring regions, encompassing languages such as Majang and other closely related Surmic tongues.
  • A. Maban branch of Nilo-Saharan
    The Maban branch of Nilo-Saharan is a subgroup of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken mainly in eastern Chad and western Sudan, comprising several related languages of the Maban people.
  • B. Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan
    The Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan is a subgroup of the Nilo-Saharan language family comprising languages spoken primarily across the central Sahara and surrounding Sahel regions.
  • C. Songhay branch of Nilo-Saharan
    The Songhay branch of Nilo-Saharan is a group of closely related languages spoken primarily along the Niger River in West Africa, including major varieties such as Zarma and Songhay proper.
  • D. Nilo-Saharan languages
    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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69d381c309b88190af78aa681cf6a4c2 completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d5097ca5c081908b47a08ca7885650 completed April 7, 2026, 1:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d90dc44d7881908391487275b845bf completed April 10, 2026, 2:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d9107c75108190994939ab46aa642f completed April 10, 2026, 3 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d9154c922c81909991f87f89c083cd completed April 10, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:23 p.m.