Triple
T3964398
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Southeastern Zimbabwe |
E85979
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasEthnicGroup |
P1898
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shona people |
E28785
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Shona people | Statement: [Southeastern Zimbabwe, hasEthnicGroup, Shona people]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shona people Context triple: [Southeastern Zimbabwe, hasEthnicGroup, Shona people]
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A.
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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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.
Ndebele people
The Ndebele people are a Southern African ethnic group known for their Nguni language, distinctive geometric house painting, beadwork, and rich cultural traditions.
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D.
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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E.
Nguni people
The Nguni people are a group of closely related Bantu-speaking ethnic communities of Southern Africa, including the Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, and Ndebele, known for their rich cultural traditions and historical kingdoms.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69aed93a96908190bcbdbfa718f155bd |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aef97326888190bbfe15b218e3112e |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b533bb92088190b7d0ba2eb92c3e80 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:31 p.m.