Triple
T1187717
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bantu languages |
E25285
|
entity |
| Predicate | geographicDistribution |
P2178
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
African Great Lakes
The African Great Lakes are a series of large, deep freshwater lakes in East and Central Africa that play a crucial role in the region’s ecology, climate, and human settlement.
|
E138353
|
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: African Great Lakes | Statement: [Bantu languages, geographicDistribution, African Great Lakes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: African Great Lakes Context triple: [Bantu languages, geographicDistribution, African Great Lakes]
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A.
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika is one of the African Great Lakes, renowned as one of the world’s deepest and oldest freshwater lakes, spanning several countries in East and Central Africa.
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B.
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is a vast freshwater lake in East Africa, bordered by Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya, and is renowned as the world’s largest tropical lake and a vital regional resource.
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C.
Tanganyika
Tanganyika was a former British-administered territory in East Africa that gained independence in 1961 and later united with Zanzibar to form the modern nation of Tanzania.
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D.
Tanganyika
Tanganyika is a conflict-affected province in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for ethnic tensions, humanitarian crises, and the presence of UN peacekeeping operations.
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E.
Lake Volta
Lake Volta is one of the world’s largest artificial reservoirs by surface area, created by the Akosombo Dam on the Volta River in Ghana.
- 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: African Great Lakes Triple: [Bantu languages, geographicDistribution, African Great Lakes]
Generated description
The African Great Lakes are a series of large, deep freshwater lakes in East and Central Africa that play a crucial role in the region’s ecology, climate, and human settlement.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: African Great Lakes Target entity description: The African Great Lakes are a series of large, deep freshwater lakes in East and Central Africa that play a crucial role in the region’s ecology, climate, and human settlement.
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A.
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika is one of the African Great Lakes, renowned as one of the world’s deepest and oldest freshwater lakes, spanning several countries in East and Central Africa.
-
B.
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is a vast freshwater lake in East Africa, bordered by Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya, and is renowned as the world’s largest tropical lake and a vital regional resource.
-
C.
Tanganyika
Tanganyika was a former British-administered territory in East Africa that gained independence in 1961 and later united with Zanzibar to form the modern nation of Tanzania.
-
D.
Tanganyika
Tanganyika is a conflict-affected province in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for ethnic tensions, humanitarian crises, and the presence of UN peacekeeping operations.
-
E.
Lake Volta
Lake Volta is one of the world’s largest artificial reservoirs by surface area, created by the Akosombo Dam on the Volta River in Ghana.
- 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_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_69ac7f36371c8190a656463a9ae6402a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac7f9a55dc819098204d53aac70ef3 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:42 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac80c3c6b08190a99119f5661c0157 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:47 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.