Triple

T11053249
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Motswana E261308 entity
Predicate ethnicMacroFamily P34210 FINISHED
Object Niger-Congo languages E8177 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Niger-Congo languages | Statement: [Motswana, ethnicMacroFamily, Niger-Congo languages]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Niger-Congo languages
Context triple: [Motswana, ethnicMacroFamily, Niger-Congo languages]
  • A. Niger–Congo languages chosen
    The Niger–Congo languages form one of the world’s largest language families, encompassing hundreds of related languages spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa, including major groups like Bantu.
  • B. Benue–Congo languages
    The Benue–Congo languages are a large and diverse branch of African languages that include the widespread Bantu family and are spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
  • C. Proto–Benue–Congo language
    Proto–Benue–Congo language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Benue–Congo branch of the Niger–Congo language family, hypothesized through comparative linguistic methods.
  • D. Atlantic–Congo languages
    Atlantic–Congo languages are a major branch of the Niger–Congo language family, encompassing hundreds of related languages spoken widely across sub-Saharan Africa.
  • E. 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.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: ethnicMacroFamily
Context triple: [Motswana, ethnicMacroFamily, Niger-Congo languages]
  • A. macroFamilyStatus chosen
    Indicates the broad genealogical relationship between languages or language families at the macro-family level.
  • B. macroFamilySize
    Indicates the total number of distinct families or family-level groupings contained within a larger macro-level family or classification.
  • C. familyOf
    Indicates a familial relationship exists between the entities, such as by blood, marriage, or adoption.
  • D. familyType
    Indicates the specific familial relationship or category that characterizes how the related entities are connected as family.
  • E. familyAlliance
    Indicates a cooperative or supportive relationship formed between families, often involving mutual obligations, shared interests, or joint actions.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69d6aa98650481908609c7c56bfa7902 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7986d49e0819096c9e96b2ea1b38b completed April 9, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e3c86052148190adfc250c3dd27094 completed April 18, 2026, 6:07 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d7440da46c8190a77380d5d747ac9c completed April 9, 2026, 6:15 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:26 p.m.