Triple
T14228787
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zimbabwe–South Africa border |
E352695
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasLanguageInBorderRegion |
P54485
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Northern Sotho |
E36025
|
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: Northern Sotho | Statement: [Zimbabwe–South Africa border, hasLanguageInBorderRegion, Northern Sotho]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Sotho Context triple: [Zimbabwe–South Africa border, hasLanguageInBorderRegion, Northern Sotho]
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A.
Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
chosen
Northern Sotho (Sepedi) is a Bantu language of South Africa, recognized as one of the country’s official languages and widely spoken in the northern regions, especially in Limpopo and parts of Gauteng.
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B.
Sotho
Sotho is a Bantu language of Southern Africa, primarily spoken in Lesotho and South Africa, where it serves as one of the country’s official languages.
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C.
Northern Swati
Northern Swati is a regional variety of the siSwati language spoken primarily in the northern areas of Eswatini and neighboring regions.
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D.
Southern Swati
Southern Swati is a regional dialect of the siSwati language spoken primarily in the southern parts of Eswatini and neighboring areas.
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E.
Sotho–Tswana languages
The Sotho–Tswana languages are a closely related group of Southern Bantu languages spoken primarily in South Africa, Lesotho, and Botswana, including Sesotho, Setswana, and Sepedi.
- 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_69d8278adc7c8190a9218d69bce3c4e6 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de622a48508190bbfedb762bd1674d |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd3251ec5881909fcebc9477d6a761 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:46 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:07 a.m.