Triple

T1157437
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Setswana E24414 entity
Predicate subfamily P4180 FINISHED
Object Southern Bantu languages
Southern Bantu languages are a major branch of the Bantu language family spoken primarily in southern Africa, including languages such as Setswana, Zulu, and Xhosa.
E25285 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: Southern Bantu languages | Statement: [Setswana, subfamily, Southern Bantu languages]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Bantu languages
Context triple: [Setswana, subfamily, Southern Bantu languages]
  • A. Nguni languages
    The Nguni languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages of southern Africa that include major tongues such as Zulu, Xhosa, Swati, and Ndebele.
  • B. Bantu languages
    Bantu languages are a large family of closely related languages spoken across much of central, eastern, and southern Africa, known for features like noun class systems and widespread mutual influences among neighboring tongues.
  • C. Northeast Coast Bantu languages
    The Northeast Coast Bantu languages are a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken along the eastern African coast, including varieties used in parts of Kenya and Tanzania.
  • D. Khoisan languages
    Khoisan languages are a group of indigenous African language families best known for their distinctive click consonants and their speakers’ long-standing presence in southern Africa.
  • E. Southern Ndebele
    Southern Ndebele is a Bantu language spoken primarily in South Africa, known for its distinctive click sounds and cultural association with the Ndebele people.
  • 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: Southern Bantu languages
Triple: [Setswana, subfamily, Southern Bantu languages]
Generated description
Southern Bantu languages are a major branch of the Bantu language family spoken primarily in southern Africa, including languages such as Setswana, Zulu, and Xhosa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Bantu languages
Target entity description: Southern Bantu languages are a major branch of the Bantu language family spoken primarily in southern Africa, including languages such as Setswana, Zulu, and Xhosa.
  • A. Nguni languages
    The Nguni languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages of southern Africa that include major tongues such as Zulu, Xhosa, Swati, and Ndebele.
  • B. Bantu languages chosen
    Bantu languages are a large family of closely related languages spoken across much of central, eastern, and southern Africa, known for features like noun class systems and widespread mutual influences among neighboring tongues.
  • C. Northeast Coast Bantu languages
    The Northeast Coast Bantu languages are a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken along the eastern African coast, including varieties used in parts of Kenya and Tanzania.
  • D. Khoisan languages
    Khoisan languages are a group of indigenous African language families best known for their distinctive click consonants and their speakers’ long-standing presence in southern Africa.
  • E. Southern Ndebele
    Southern Ndebele is a Bantu language spoken primarily in South Africa, known for its distinctive click sounds and cultural association with the Ndebele people.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a494060e148190abb42f971242c197 completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bc92ae008190a587c12ecc9a502a completed March 1, 2026, 10:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac8f6b70d081909c6d6f9c790f6bd6 completed March 7, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac8fd90ea88190b154bb7d72768dae completed March 7, 2026, 8:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac90412d3881909278a9a6c6536ce3 completed March 7, 2026, 8:53 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.