Triple
T14362365
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | South Mbundu |
E356136
|
entity |
| Predicate | subfamily |
P4180
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Southwest Bantu |
E337755
|
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: Southwest Bantu | Statement: [South Mbundu, subfamily, Southwest Bantu]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southwest Bantu Context triple: [South Mbundu, subfamily, Southwest Bantu]
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A.
Southwest Bantu
chosen
Southwest Bantu is a subgroup of the Bantu language family comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in southwestern Africa.
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B.
Northwest Bantu
Northwest Bantu is a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken in parts of Central and West-Central Africa, encompassing languages such as Fang.
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C.
Northeast Bantu
Northeast Bantu is a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken in parts of East Africa, encompassing several closely related languages including Kerewe.
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D.
Central Bantu
Central Bantu refers to a major subgroup of Bantu languages spoken primarily in central Africa, closely related linguistically and historically to the Southern Bantu languages.
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E.
Southern Bantu languages
Southern Bantu languages are a major branch of the Bantu language family spoken primarily in southern Africa, including well-known languages such as Zulu, Xhosa, and Shona.
- 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_69d82790a7e08190877e2d349b2e8d8e |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de8fabec088190bd8128371b29e958 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 7:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd4c4aba788190bd5ab8cbc772dcf1 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:36 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:15 a.m.