Triple
T1187716
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bantu languages |
E25285
|
entity |
| Predicate | geographicDistribution |
P2178
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Great Lakes region of Africa |
E21665
|
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: Great Lakes region of Africa | Statement: [Bantu languages, geographicDistribution, Great Lakes region of Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Lakes region of Africa Context triple: [Bantu languages, geographicDistribution, Great Lakes region of Africa]
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A.
East Africa
chosen
East Africa is a region on the eastern side of the African continent, known for its diverse cultures, significant wildlife and safari tourism, and countries such as Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Ethiopia.
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B.
Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa is a peninsula in Northeast Africa that juts into the Arabian Sea and is known for countries such as Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti, serving as a strategic and cultural crossroads between Africa and the Arab world.
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C.
Southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, encompassing countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, and others, known for its diverse landscapes, wildlife, and cultural heritage.
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D.
Central Africa
Central Africa is a subregion of the African continent that encompasses several landlocked and coastal countries characterized by vast rainforests, the Congo River basin, and significant cultural and linguistic diversity.
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E.
Equatorial lakes region
The Equatorial Lakes region is a central African area of large freshwater lakes, including Lake Victoria, that forms the headwaters of the White Nile.
- 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_69a49427d98881908646d6c63b8cea1e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bd568cf481908d10cf19a3ce28f3 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acbf15b1e08190a9c75bc7bc467197 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:13 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.