Triple

T10584735
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lak Nuer E249825 entity
Predicate hasAncestor P369 FINISHED
Object Proto-Nilotic
Proto-Nilotic is the reconstructed common ancestor language of the Nilotic language family, from which modern languages like Lak Nuer are derived.
E873174 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: Proto-Nilotic | Statement: [Lak Nuer, hasAncestor, Proto-Nilotic]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Proto-Nilotic
Context triple: [Lak Nuer, hasAncestor, Proto-Nilotic]
  • A. Proto-Niger–Congo
    Proto-Niger–Congo is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Niger–Congo language family, from which many languages across sub-Saharan Africa are believed to have descended.
  • B. Proto-Bantu
    Proto-Bantu is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Bantu language family, hypothesized through comparative linguistic methods to represent their original phonology, grammar, and core vocabulary.
  • C. Eastern Nilotic languages
    Eastern Nilotic languages are a branch of the Nilotic language family spoken primarily in parts of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, and Ethiopia, including languages such as Maasai, Turkana, and Karamojong.
  • D. Western Nilotic languages
    Western Nilotic languages are a subgroup of the Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken primarily in parts of South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and neighboring regions.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Proto-Nilotic
Triple: [Lak Nuer, hasAncestor, Proto-Nilotic]
Generated description
Proto-Nilotic is the reconstructed common ancestor language of the Nilotic language family, from which modern languages like Lak Nuer are derived.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Proto-Nilotic
Target entity description: Proto-Nilotic is the reconstructed common ancestor language of the Nilotic language family, from which modern languages like Lak Nuer are derived.
  • A. Proto-Niger–Congo
    Proto-Niger–Congo is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Niger–Congo language family, from which many languages across sub-Saharan Africa are believed to have descended.
  • B. Proto-Bantu
    Proto-Bantu is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Bantu language family, hypothesized through comparative linguistic methods to represent their original phonology, grammar, and core vocabulary.
  • C. Eastern Nilotic languages
    Eastern Nilotic languages are a branch of the Nilotic language family spoken primarily in parts of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, and Ethiopia, including languages such as Maasai, Turkana, and Karamojong.
  • D. Western Nilotic languages
    Western Nilotic languages are a subgroup of the Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken primarily in parts of South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and neighboring regions.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69d381c9d3d48190a29ee491e1696a0e completed April 6, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d52768da9c8190add1db88bf2e16ea completed April 7, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d94b820330819090ed70c6ba29b5c2 completed April 10, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d94d67e16481908efb939a3e65004c completed April 10, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d95227a1f48190ab847606a9ae0500 completed April 10, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:39 p.m.