Triple
T1316666
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mandinka |
E28118
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasLinguisticAncestor |
P11719
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Proto-Mande |
E54190
|
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-Mande | Statement: [Mandinka, hasLinguisticAncestor, Proto-Mande]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Proto-Mande Context triple: [Mandinka, hasLinguisticAncestor, Proto-Mande]
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A.
Mande languages
chosen
The Mande languages are a branch of West African languages spoken primarily in countries such as Mali, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, known for including major languages like Bambara, Mandinka, and Soninke.
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B.
Chadic languages
The Chadic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily around Lake Chad in countries such as Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger, and include major languages like Hausa.
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C.
Gumuz languages
Gumuz languages are a small group of closely related, under-documented languages spoken primarily by the Gumuz people in parts of Ethiopia and Sudan.
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D.
Nilo-Saharan languages
Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed large and diverse family of African languages spoken mainly along the Nile Valley and across parts of central and eastern Africa.
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E.
Southern Bantoid
Southern Bantoid is a major branch of the Bantoid languages that includes the large Bantu language family spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
- 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_69a498532c3481909223b74af2e578df |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c175079481909077cf11ed72d6fa |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acbaf16a84819089c3473113ae70f9 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:55 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:55 p.m.