Triple

T3354961
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mandinka people E70582 entity
Predicate culturalInstrument P8530 FINISHED
Object balafon
The balafon is a traditional West African wooden xylophone with gourd resonators, widely used in Mandinka and other Mande musical traditions.
 E350747 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: balafon | Statement: [Mandinka people, culturalInstrument, balafon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: balafon
Context triple: [Mandinka people, culturalInstrument, balafon]
  • A. Oboe
    Oboe was a World War II British radio navigation system that enabled highly accurate target marking and bombing by Allied aircraft.
  • B. Cimbalom
    The cimbalom is a large, trapezoidal hammered dulcimer common in Central and Eastern European folk and Romani music, especially associated with Slovak and Hungarian traditions.
  • C. đàn bầu
    Đàn bầu is a traditional Vietnamese monochord zither known for its haunting, expressive sound produced by bending pitch with a flexible rod.
  • D. Fagot
    Fagot is the NATO reporting name for the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15, a pioneering Soviet jet fighter that saw extensive combat during the Korean War.
  • E. Udu
    Udu is a local government area in Delta State, Nigeria, known for its industrial activities and proximity to the city of Warri.
  • 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: balafon
Triple: [Mandinka people, culturalInstrument, balafon]
Generated description
The balafon is a traditional West African wooden xylophone with gourd resonators, widely used in Mandinka and other Mande musical traditions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: balafon
Target entity description: The balafon is a traditional West African wooden xylophone with gourd resonators, widely used in Mandinka and other Mande musical traditions.
  • A. Oboe
    Oboe was a World War II British radio navigation system that enabled highly accurate target marking and bombing by Allied aircraft.
  • B. Cimbalom
    The cimbalom is a large, trapezoidal hammered dulcimer common in Central and Eastern European folk and Romani music, especially associated with Slovak and Hungarian traditions.
  • C. đàn bầu
    Đàn bầu is a traditional Vietnamese monochord zither known for its haunting, expressive sound produced by bending pitch with a flexible rod.
  • D. Fagot
    Fagot is the NATO reporting name for the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15, a pioneering Soviet jet fighter that saw extensive combat during the Korean War.
  • E. Udu
    Udu is a local government area in Delta State, Nigeria, known for its industrial activities and proximity to the city of Warri.
  • 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_69ad85a4ef7c8190a29e2bbd6fa454e4 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb2419a808190a54fc03eeec6e42d completed March 8, 2026, 5:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b3253b03e8819082a5bf5bd5c5d5cb completed March 12, 2026, 8:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b325ffdef081909b9665468f305336 completed March 12, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b32714d57c8190a59619dfab19656f completed March 12, 2026, 8:50 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:13 p.m.