Triple

T2539145
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fang language E56340 entity
Predicate subfamily P4180 FINISHED
Object Northwest Bantu
Northwest Bantu is a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken in parts of Central and West-Central Africa, encompassing languages such as Fang.
E296467 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: Northwest Bantu | Statement: [Fang language, subfamily, Northwest Bantu]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northwest Bantu
Context triple: [Fang language, subfamily, Northwest Bantu]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Northern Ndebele
    Northern Ndebele is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken primarily in southwestern Zimbabwe and closely related to Zulu.
  • D. Southern Bantu
    Southern Bantu is a major branch of the Bantu language family comprising numerous closely related languages spoken primarily in the southern regions of Africa.
  • E. Southern Ndebele
    Southern Ndebele is a Bantu language spoken primarily in South Africa, known for its distinctive click sounds and cultural association with the Ndebele people.
  • 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: Northwest Bantu
Triple: [Fang language, subfamily, Northwest Bantu]
Generated description
Northwest Bantu is a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken in parts of Central and West-Central Africa, encompassing languages such as Fang.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northwest Bantu
Target entity description: Northwest Bantu is a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken in parts of Central and West-Central Africa, encompassing languages such as Fang.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Northern Ndebele
    Northern Ndebele is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken primarily in southwestern Zimbabwe and closely related to Zulu.
  • D. Southern Bantu
    Southern Bantu is a major branch of the Bantu language family comprising numerous closely related languages spoken primarily in the southern regions of Africa.
  • E. Southern Ndebele
    Southern Ndebele is a Bantu language spoken primarily in South Africa, known for its distinctive click sounds and cultural association with the Ndebele people.
  • 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_69ab4a49b6508190bc467fbef4bac334 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd29b44448190ba4f82b0c1425f21 completed March 7, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afc02409f081909664f3041d328232 completed March 10, 2026, 6:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afc0b6368081908e2520ac6680a409 completed March 10, 2026, 6:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afc145e61881908c0eeae455b02a78 completed March 10, 2026, 6:59 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.