Triple
T11582629
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tumbuka |
E274665
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasDialects |
P4251
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Southern Tumbuka
Southern Tumbuka is a regional variety of the Tumbuka language spoken primarily in the southern parts of the Tumbuka-speaking area of Malawi and neighboring regions.
|
E936901
|
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 Tumbuka | Statement: [Tumbuka, hasDialects, Southern Tumbuka]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Tumbuka Context triple: [Tumbuka, hasDialects, Southern Tumbuka]
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A.
Central Tumbuka
Central Tumbuka is the principal variety of the Tumbuka language, widely spoken in northern Malawi and used as a standard form in education and media.
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B.
Tumbuka
Tumbuka is a Bantu language spoken primarily in northern Malawi and parts of Zambia and Tanzania.
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C.
Tumbuka people
The Tumbuka people are a Bantu ethnic group of south-central Africa, primarily living in northern Malawi and parts of Zambia and Tanzania, known for their rich oral traditions, farming livelihoods, and distinctive matrilineal social structures.
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D.
Northeast Bantu
Northeast Bantu is a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken in parts of East Africa, encompassing several closely related languages including Kerewe.
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E.
Southwest Bantu
Southwest Bantu is a subgroup of the Bantu language family comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in southwestern Africa.
- 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 Tumbuka Triple: [Tumbuka, hasDialects, Southern Tumbuka]
Generated description
Southern Tumbuka is a regional variety of the Tumbuka language spoken primarily in the southern parts of the Tumbuka-speaking area of Malawi and neighboring regions.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Tumbuka Target entity description: Southern Tumbuka is a regional variety of the Tumbuka language spoken primarily in the southern parts of the Tumbuka-speaking area of Malawi and neighboring regions.
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A.
Central Tumbuka
Central Tumbuka is the principal variety of the Tumbuka language, widely spoken in northern Malawi and used as a standard form in education and media.
-
B.
Tumbuka
Tumbuka is a Bantu language spoken primarily in northern Malawi and parts of Zambia and Tanzania.
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C.
Tumbuka people
The Tumbuka people are a Bantu ethnic group of south-central Africa, primarily living in northern Malawi and parts of Zambia and Tanzania, known for their rich oral traditions, farming livelihoods, and distinctive matrilineal social structures.
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D.
Northeast Bantu
Northeast Bantu is a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken in parts of East Africa, encompassing several closely related languages including Kerewe.
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E.
Southwest Bantu
Southwest Bantu is a subgroup of the Bantu language family comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in southwestern Africa.
- 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_69d6aae6b14c81908dc5a74bad7591f9 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8904db5748190ae5f10ae86ccdf46 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:53 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ee86cbd7988190a4960c5abbbf03a2 |
completed | April 26, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ee9cf1cb2481908bc473c87bc42d60 |
completed | April 26, 2026, 11:17 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69eecd31894481908dbd55f605c693f9 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 2:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.