Triple
T22951116
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lake Malawi region |
E570016
|
entity |
| Predicate | ethnolinguisticGroup |
P3349
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Tumbuka people |
—
|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Tumbuka people | Statement: [Lake Malawi region, ethnolinguisticGroup, Tumbuka people]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tumbuka people Context triple: [Lake Malawi region, ethnolinguisticGroup, Tumbuka people]
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A.
Tumbuka people
chosen
The Tumbuka people are a Bantu ethnic group of south-central Africa, primarily living in northern Malawi and parts of Zambia and Tanzania, known for their rich oral traditions, farming livelihoods, and distinctive matrilineal social structures.
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B.
Mambwe people
The Mambwe people are a Bantu ethnic group primarily inhabiting northeastern Zambia and parts of Tanzania, known for their agrarian lifestyle, rich oral traditions, and closely related cultural ties with neighboring groups such as the Fipa.
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C.
Chewa people
The Chewa people are a Bantu ethnic group of Central and Southern Africa, primarily found in Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique, known for their matrilineal society, rich agricultural traditions, and distinctive Gule Wamkulu masked dances.
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D.
Nyanja people
The Nyanja people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of southeastern Africa, primarily found in Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique, known for their shared language (often called Chichewa or Nyanja) and rich oral and musical traditions.
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E.
Kaonde people
The Kaonde people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of northwestern Zambia known for their matrilineal social structure, distinctive ironworking history, and rich oral traditions.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e2459199d08190a8184ee2aa935842 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f181a1b334819097a4e9ea8a54209c |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:57 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:46 p.m.