Triple

T16617467
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Yelinda E403730 entity
Predicate linguisticArea P17400 FINISHED
Object Southern Bantu area
The Southern Bantu area is a major linguistic region in southern Africa characterized by closely related Bantu languages that share common structural and historical features.
E1223880 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: Southern Bantu area | Statement: [Yelinda, linguisticArea, Southern Bantu area]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Bantu area
Context triple: [Yelinda, linguisticArea, Southern Bantu area]
  • A. Bantu zone C
    Bantu zone C is a group of closely related Bantu languages within the Niger-Congo family, defined as one of the geographic-linguistic clusters in Malcolm Guthrie’s classification system.
  • B. Bantu zone A
    Bantu zone A is a subgroup of Bantu languages in the Guthrie classification, comprising languages spoken primarily in western Central Africa.
  • C. Bantu zone E
    Bantu zone E is a subgroup of Bantu languages in the Guthrie classification system, comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in parts of East and Central Africa.
  • D. Zambezian region
    The Zambezian region is a major biogeographical zone in south-central Africa characterized by extensive miombo woodlands, savannas, and rich biodiversity spanning several countries.
  • E. Grassfields region
    The Grassfields region is a highland area in western Cameroon known for its dense linguistic diversity, including the Nyang and other related languages, as well as rich cultural traditions.
  • 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: Southern Bantu area
Triple: [Yelinda, linguisticArea, Southern Bantu area]
Generated description
The Southern Bantu area is a major linguistic region in southern Africa characterized by closely related Bantu languages that share common structural and historical features.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Bantu area
Target entity description: The Southern Bantu area is a major linguistic region in southern Africa characterized by closely related Bantu languages that share common structural and historical features.
  • A. Bantu zone C
    Bantu zone C is a group of closely related Bantu languages within the Niger-Congo family, defined as one of the geographic-linguistic clusters in Malcolm Guthrie’s classification system.
  • B. Bantu zone A
    Bantu zone A is a subgroup of Bantu languages in the Guthrie classification, comprising languages spoken primarily in western Central Africa.
  • C. Bantu zone E
    Bantu zone E is a subgroup of Bantu languages in the Guthrie classification system, comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in parts of East and Central Africa.
  • D. Zambezian region
    The Zambezian region is a major biogeographical zone in south-central Africa characterized by extensive miombo woodlands, savannas, and rich biodiversity spanning several countries.
  • E. Grassfields region
    The Grassfields region is a highland area in western Cameroon known for its dense linguistic diversity, including the Nyang and other related languages, as well as rich cultural traditions.
  • 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_69d883897eb481909eaaa088ba9918d9 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3754ac9dc8190965197024594742b completed April 18, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a007daef18481908c3628a3466300ce completed May 10, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a007e6507208190b3f32c05a2f647bd completed May 10, 2026, 12:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a007f2cefa081908734a907da33a72f completed May 10, 2026, 12:50 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:17 a.m.