Triple

T12969146
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Volta–Niger languages E321347 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object West Benue–Congo languages
West Benue–Congo languages, more commonly known as Volta–Niger languages, are a major branch of the Niger–Congo language family spoken primarily in southern Nigeria and surrounding regions.
E321347 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: West Benue–Congo languages | Statement: [Volta–Niger languages, alsoKnownAs, West Benue–Congo languages]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Benue–Congo languages
Context triple: [Volta–Niger languages, alsoKnownAs, West Benue–Congo languages]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Volta–Niger languages
    Volta–Niger languages are a major subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family spoken primarily in southern Nigeria and neighboring parts of West Africa, including languages such as Yoruba and Igbo.
  • D. Adamawa–Ubangi languages
    Adamawa–Ubangi languages are a diverse branch of the Niger–Congo language family spoken primarily in central Africa, including parts of Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and surrounding regions.
  • E. Niger–Congo languages
    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.
  • 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: West Benue–Congo languages
Triple: [Volta–Niger languages, alsoKnownAs, West Benue–Congo languages]
Generated description
West Benue–Congo languages, more commonly known as Volta–Niger languages, are a major branch of the Niger–Congo language family spoken primarily in southern Nigeria and surrounding regions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Benue–Congo languages
Target entity description: West Benue–Congo languages, more commonly known as Volta–Niger languages, are a major branch of the Niger–Congo language family spoken primarily in southern Nigeria and surrounding regions.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Volta–Niger languages chosen
    Volta–Niger languages are a major subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family spoken primarily in southern Nigeria and neighboring parts of West Africa, including languages such as Yoruba and Igbo.
  • D. Adamawa–Ubangi languages
    Adamawa–Ubangi languages are a diverse branch of the Niger–Congo language family spoken primarily in central Africa, including parts of Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and surrounding regions.
  • E. Niger–Congo languages
    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.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d80763bd6c819094437da5b20b01d2 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d97e407e5081909424fc0c22483c28 completed April 10, 2026, 10:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe64e2991c81908f474fe07a6ba10a completed May 8, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe674ad60c8190a3be185f71983b2f completed May 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe67a5c7ec8190b30f190e9416a41c completed May 8, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 8:33 p.m.