Triple
T4025854
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Igbo people |
E71689
|
entity |
| Predicate | languageFamily |
P1047
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Volta–Niger languages |
E321347
|
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: Volta–Niger languages | Statement: [Igbo people, languageFamily, Volta–Niger languages]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Volta–Niger languages Context triple: [Igbo people, languageFamily, Volta–Niger languages]
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A.
Volta–Niger languages
chosen
Volta–Niger languages are a major subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family spoken primarily in southern Nigeria and neighboring parts of West Africa, including languages such as Yoruba and Igbo.
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B.
Benue–Congo languages
The Benue–Congo languages are a large and diverse branch of African languages that include the widespread Bantu family and are spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
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C.
Proto–Benue–Congo language
Proto–Benue–Congo language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Benue–Congo branch of the Niger–Congo language family, hypothesized through comparative linguistic methods.
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D.
Bongo–Bagirmi languages
The Bongo–Bagirmi languages are a subgroup of Central Sudanic languages spoken primarily in South Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic.
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E.
Gbe languages
The Gbe languages are a cluster of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Ghana, Togo, Benin, and southwestern Nigeria, including well-known varieties such as Ewe and Fon.
- 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_69aed92e29ac819080f7a98b594fec05 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefaec08dc8190a341809059554f84 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be10079a408190ae09d3df55ead73c |
completed | March 21, 2026, 3:27 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:36 p.m.