Triple
T11458878
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lionel Bender |
E271598
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Nilo-Saharan Languages: A Comparative Essay |
E907261
|
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: The Nilo-Saharan Languages: A Comparative Essay | Statement: [Lionel Bender, notableWork, The Nilo-Saharan Languages: A Comparative Essay]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Nilo-Saharan Languages: A Comparative Essay Context triple: [Lionel Bender, notableWork, The Nilo-Saharan Languages: A Comparative Essay]
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A.
The Nilo-Saharan Languages: A Comparative Essay
chosen
The Nilo-Saharan Languages: A Comparative Essay is a major linguistic study by Lionel Bender that analyzes and compares the languages traditionally grouped under the Nilo-Saharan family in Africa.
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B.
Historical Linguistics and the Comparative Study of African Languages
Historical Linguistics and the Comparative Study of African Languages is a scholarly work that examines the historical development, classification, and relationships of African languages using comparative linguistic methods.
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C.
A Grammar of Turkana
A Grammar of Turkana is a comprehensive linguistic study detailing the structure and usage of the Turkana language, authored by Gerrit J. Dimmendaal.
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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.
The Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia
The Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia is a seminal linguistic study that surveys and analyzes the Cushitic and other non-Semitic language families spoken in Ethiopia.
- 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_69d6aadff8888190a13f253f0d460874 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d822f2138081909408c7916cef99c9 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e6040733648190a10f9553b3ac87a7 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 10:46 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.