Triple
T11093526
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bongo–Bagirmi languages |
E262314
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Nilo-Saharan macrofamily (proposed) |
E8870
|
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: Nilo-Saharan macrofamily (proposed) | Statement: [Bongo–Bagirmi languages, partOf, Nilo-Saharan macrofamily (proposed)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nilo-Saharan macrofamily (proposed) Context triple: [Bongo–Bagirmi languages, partOf, Nilo-Saharan macrofamily (proposed)]
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A.
Nilo-Saharan languages
chosen
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
Guthrie classification of Niger-Congo
The Guthrie classification of Niger-Congo is a historical linguistic framework that organizes the Niger-Congo language family into geographic and typological groups, widely used as a reference system despite later revisions and critiques.
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E.
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.
- 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_69d6aa9a40d88190a373e2c7e48285db |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d799ed12d88190a4ad8c346d68f11f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e3e7d3043c8190bdbe0ec51992db0c |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:21 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.