Triple

T14082816
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Litunga E338908 entity
Predicate dynasty P1547 FINISHED
Object Lozi royal family
The Lozi royal family is the hereditary ruling house of the Lozi people of western Zambia, headed by the Litunga, one of Africa’s oldest continuous monarchies.
E1080848 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: Lozi royal family | Statement: [Litunga, dynasty, Lozi royal family]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lozi royal family
Context triple: [Litunga, dynasty, Lozi royal family]
  • A. Lozi royal council
    The Lozi royal council is the traditional advisory and governing body that supports the Litunga (king) in administering the affairs, customs, and political decisions of the Lozi people in Barotseland, Zambia.
  • B. Gcaleka royal house
    The Gcaleka royal house is the ruling dynasty of the Gcaleka subgroup of the Xhosa people, traditionally serving as a central authority in their political and cultural leadership.
  • C. Isyana dynasty
    The Isyana dynasty was a Javanese royal house that ruled parts of eastern Java in the 10th century, succeeding earlier Mataram rulers and contributing to the region’s political and cultural development.
  • D. Lozi people
    The Lozi people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting western Zambia, known for their centralized monarchy under the Litunga and their annual Kuomboka ceremony marking the Zambezi River’s flood season.
  • E. Lozi kingdom
    The Lozi kingdom was a precolonial African state in present-day western Zambia, known for its centralized monarchy, complex floodplain-based society, and later domination by the Kololo people in the 19th century.
  • 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: Lozi royal family
Triple: [Litunga, dynasty, Lozi royal family]
Generated description
The Lozi royal family is the hereditary ruling house of the Lozi people of western Zambia, headed by the Litunga, one of Africa’s oldest continuous monarchies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lozi royal family
Target entity description: The Lozi royal family is the hereditary ruling house of the Lozi people of western Zambia, headed by the Litunga, one of Africa’s oldest continuous monarchies.
  • A. Lozi royal council
    The Lozi royal council is the traditional advisory and governing body that supports the Litunga (king) in administering the affairs, customs, and political decisions of the Lozi people in Barotseland, Zambia.
  • B. Gcaleka royal house
    The Gcaleka royal house is the ruling dynasty of the Gcaleka subgroup of the Xhosa people, traditionally serving as a central authority in their political and cultural leadership.
  • C. Isyana dynasty
    The Isyana dynasty was a Javanese royal house that ruled parts of eastern Java in the 10th century, succeeding earlier Mataram rulers and contributing to the region’s political and cultural development.
  • D. Lozi people
    The Lozi people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting western Zambia, known for their centralized monarchy under the Litunga and their annual Kuomboka ceremony marking the Zambezi River’s flood season.
  • E. Lozi kingdom
    The Lozi kingdom was a precolonial African state in present-day western Zambia, known for its centralized monarchy, complex floodplain-based society, and later domination by the Kololo people in the 19th century.
  • 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_69d81c687b0c819087fd9ed4198403f8 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de5ede40048190b465e909565730c1 completed April 14, 2026, 3:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fcd0a3e55c81909b52f618e9076dd2 completed May 7, 2026, 5:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fcd2ae45108190b1f400e4ae16a258 completed May 7, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fcd3ad7be8819094fc71c9f44fb4cb completed May 7, 2026, 6:02 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:21 p.m.