Triple

T12602985
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zone L (Guthrie classification) E300903 entity
Predicate subFamilyOf P10928 FINISHED
Object Niger-Congo languages E8177 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Niger-Congo languages | Statement: [Zone L (Guthrie classification), subFamilyOf, Niger-Congo languages]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Niger-Congo languages
Context triple: [Zone L (Guthrie classification), subFamilyOf, Niger-Congo languages]
  • A. Niger–Congo languages chosen
    The Niger–Congo languages form one of the world’s largest language families, encompassing hundreds of related languages spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa, including major groups like Bantu.
  • B. Benue–Congo languages
    The Benue–Congo languages are a large and diverse branch of African languages that include the widespread Bantu family and are spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
  • C. Proto–Benue–Congo language
    Proto–Benue–Congo language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Benue–Congo branch of the Niger–Congo language family, hypothesized through comparative linguistic methods.
  • D. Atlantic–Congo languages
    Atlantic–Congo languages are a major branch of the Niger–Congo language family, encompassing hundreds of related languages spoken widely across sub-Saharan Africa.
  • E. Proto-Niger–Congo
    Proto-Niger–Congo is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Niger–Congo language family, from which many languages across sub-Saharan Africa are believed to have descended.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: subFamilyOf
Context triple: [Zone L (Guthrie classification), subFamilyOf, Niger-Congo languages]
  • A. belongsToSubfamily chosen
    Indicates that one entity is a member of, or classified within, a specific subfamily of another entity.
  • B. isLargestSubfamilyOf
    Indicates that one group or category is the largest subfamily within another, typically in terms of number of members or size.
  • C. subfamily
    Indicates that one taxonomic group is a subfamily within a larger family, representing an intermediate rank in biological classification.
  • D. subclassOf
    Indicates that one class is a more specific type of another class, inheriting its characteristics as a subset of it.
  • E. subbranchOf
    Indicates that one entity is a subordinate or secondary branch derived from, and structurally dependent on, another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69d7bdea2ca881908f379526c13b1145 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9559458dc8190bc4d6e697e99d70e completed April 10, 2026, 7:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd9495b9748190905b02621939b326 completed May 8, 2026, 7:45 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d9541894fc8190a0c3706a414279f0 completed April 10, 2026, 7:48 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:10 p.m.