Triple
T12035619
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Eastern Nilotic languages |
E286529
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasProtoLanguage |
P2179
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Proto-Eastern Nilotic |
E873174
|
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: Proto-Eastern Nilotic | Statement: [Eastern Nilotic languages, hasProtoLanguage, Proto-Eastern Nilotic]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Proto-Eastern Nilotic Context triple: [Eastern Nilotic languages, hasProtoLanguage, Proto-Eastern Nilotic]
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A.
Proto-Nilotic
chosen
Proto-Nilotic is the reconstructed common ancestor language of the Nilotic language family, from which modern languages like Lak Nuer are derived.
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B.
Eastern Nilotic languages
Eastern Nilotic languages are a branch of the Nilotic language family spoken primarily in parts of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, and Ethiopia, including languages such as Maasai, Turkana, and Karamojong.
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C.
Western Nilotic languages
Western Nilotic languages are a subgroup of the Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken primarily in parts of South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and neighboring regions.
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D.
Southern Nilotic languages
Southern Nilotic languages are a branch of the Nilotic language family spoken primarily in Kenya, Tanzania, and neighboring regions by various pastoralist and agricultural communities.
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E.
Nilotic languages
Nilotic languages are a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken primarily along the Nile Valley and surrounding regions of East and Central Africa by various pastoralist and agricultural communities.
- 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_69d6ab4669e48190b59246358b0383ab |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d90408cbf0819093270c9833ef149a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f49d7d453c8190a27c5feca8f38991 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 12:33 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:47 p.m.