Triple
T21756809
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cindau |
E537061
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOfDialectContinuumWith |
P18451
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shona dialects |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Shona dialects | Statement: [Cindau, partOfDialectContinuumWith, Shona dialects]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shona dialects Context triple: [Cindau, partOfDialectContinuumWith, Shona dialects]
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A.
Shona
chosen
Shona is a major Bantu language of Zimbabwe, widely spoken by the Shona people and used in education, media, and government.
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B.
Oshikwanyama dialect
The Oshikwanyama dialect is a standardized variety of the Ovambo (Oshiwambo) language spoken primarily in northern Namibia and southern Angola.
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C.
Silozi language
The Silozi language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Lozi people in western Zambia and surrounding regions.
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D.
Mbanderu dialect
The Mbanderu dialect is a regional variety of the Herero language spoken primarily by the Mbanderu people of Namibia and neighboring areas.
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E.
Karanga dialect
The Karanga dialect is a major variety of the Shona language spoken primarily in southern Zimbabwe, known for its significant cultural and historical influence among the Shona people.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: partOfDialectContinuumWith Context triple: [Cindau, partOfDialectContinuumWith, Shona dialects]
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A.
hasDialectContinuumWith
chosen
Indicates that two languages or dialects are part of a continuous chain of mutually intelligible varieties, without a clear boundary separating them.
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B.
regionOfDialectContinuum
Indicates that a dialect continuum is associated with, or occurs within, a specific geographic region.
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C.
usedInDialectContinuum
Indicates that something (such as a linguistic feature or form) is employed within and across varieties in a dialect continuum, rather than being confined to a single discrete dialect.
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D.
containsDialectContinuum
Indicates that one linguistic variety or region includes within it a dialect continuum, where neighboring dialects are mutually intelligible but differences accumulate over distance.
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E.
consideredDialectOf
Indicates that one language variety is regarded as a dialect of another language or linguistic standard.
- F. None of above.
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_69e0c46eab808190b848242d63a17c47 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f01d8f64d881909cf10fd420153b09 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 2:38 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e6969e46088190b13d6e9025775ea3 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 9:11 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:50 p.m.