Triple

T11302918
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Frafra language E267639 entity
Predicate languageBranch P1967 FINISHED
Object Oti–Volta
Oti–Volta is a major branch of the Gur language family in West Africa, encompassing numerous related languages spoken primarily in Ghana, Burkina Faso, and surrounding countries.
E918698 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: Oti–Volta | Statement: [Frafra language, languageBranch, Oti–Volta]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oti–Volta
Context triple: [Frafra language, languageBranch, Oti–Volta]
  • A. Volta River
    The Volta River is a major river system in West Africa that flows primarily through Ghana, where it feeds Lake Volta, one of the world’s largest artificial reservoirs.
  • B. Volta–Niger
    Volta–Niger is a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family comprising numerous languages spoken primarily in southern Nigeria and neighboring regions of West Africa.
  • C. Volta River basin
    The Volta River basin is a major West African drainage basin encompassing the catchment area of the Volta River and its tributaries across several countries, including Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Togo.
  • D. Rio Muni
    Rio Muni is the mainland region of Equatorial Guinea, located on the west coast of Central Africa and forming the country's largest and most populous territory.
  • E. Vallée-du-Ntem
    Vallée-du-Ntem is an administrative department in southern Cameroon known for its location along the Ntem River near the border with Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.
  • 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: Oti–Volta
Triple: [Frafra language, languageBranch, Oti–Volta]
Generated description
Oti–Volta is a major branch of the Gur language family in West Africa, encompassing numerous related languages spoken primarily in Ghana, Burkina Faso, and surrounding countries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oti–Volta
Target entity description: Oti–Volta is a major branch of the Gur language family in West Africa, encompassing numerous related languages spoken primarily in Ghana, Burkina Faso, and surrounding countries.
  • A. Volta River
    The Volta River is a major river system in West Africa that flows primarily through Ghana, where it feeds Lake Volta, one of the world’s largest artificial reservoirs.
  • B. Volta–Niger
    Volta–Niger is a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family comprising numerous languages spoken primarily in southern Nigeria and neighboring regions of West Africa.
  • C. Volta River basin
    The Volta River basin is a major West African drainage basin encompassing the catchment area of the Volta River and its tributaries across several countries, including Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Togo.
  • D. Rio Muni
    Rio Muni is the mainland region of Equatorial Guinea, located on the west coast of Central Africa and forming the country's largest and most populous territory.
  • E. Vallée-du-Ntem
    Vallée-du-Ntem is an administrative department in southern Cameroon known for its location along the Ntem River near the border with Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.
  • 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_69d6aac993a08190a6f36445ebaf9a43 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e9a5c3788190ba54eda514b97903 completed April 9, 2026, 6:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e525a842dc81909c84d8bd1a6414fa completed April 19, 2026, 6:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e52a78951c8190923711067cf4e7e5 completed April 19, 2026, 7:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5319b6ef0819096debabfb6ffbe70 completed April 19, 2026, 7:48 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.