Triple

T4302705
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oshiwambo E99877 entity
Predicate spokenBy P2181 FINISHED
Object Ovambo people
The Ovambo people are a Bantu ethnic group of southern Africa, primarily inhabiting northern Namibia and southern Angola, known for their farming traditions, rich cultural practices, and significant demographic presence in Namibia.
E453629 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: Ovambo people | Statement: [Oshiwambo, spokenBy, Ovambo people]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ovambo people
Context triple: [Oshiwambo, spokenBy, Ovambo people]
  • A. Ovimbundu people
    The Ovimbundu people are the largest ethnic group in Angola, traditionally agriculturalists and traders concentrated in the country’s central highlands, with a distinct culture and social organization.
  • B. Ngada people
    The Ngada people are an indigenous ethnic group of central Flores in Indonesia, known for their megalithic villages, matrilineal traditions, and distinctive ritual practices.
  • C. Ndau people
    The Ndau people are an ethnic group of southeastern Africa, primarily inhabiting areas of eastern Zimbabwe and central Mozambique, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions within the broader Shona cultural sphere.
  • D. Ambundu people
    The Ambundu people are a major Bantu ethnic group of Angola, historically centered in the northwestern region and known for their influential kingdoms, especially the Kingdom of Ndongo.
  • E. Nggela people
    The Nggela people are an indigenous ethnic group of the Solomon Islands, primarily inhabiting the Nggela (Florida) Islands and known for their distinct Austronesian culture and traditions.
  • 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: Ovambo people
Triple: [Oshiwambo, spokenBy, Ovambo people]
Generated description
The Ovambo people are a Bantu ethnic group of southern Africa, primarily inhabiting northern Namibia and southern Angola, known for their farming traditions, rich cultural practices, and significant demographic presence in Namibia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ovambo people
Target entity description: The Ovambo people are a Bantu ethnic group of southern Africa, primarily inhabiting northern Namibia and southern Angola, known for their farming traditions, rich cultural practices, and significant demographic presence in Namibia.
  • A. Ovimbundu people
    The Ovimbundu people are the largest ethnic group in Angola, traditionally agriculturalists and traders concentrated in the country’s central highlands, with a distinct culture and social organization.
  • B. Ngada people
    The Ngada people are an indigenous ethnic group of central Flores in Indonesia, known for their megalithic villages, matrilineal traditions, and distinctive ritual practices.
  • C. Ndau people
    The Ndau people are an ethnic group of southeastern Africa, primarily inhabiting areas of eastern Zimbabwe and central Mozambique, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions within the broader Shona cultural sphere.
  • D. Ambundu people
    The Ambundu people are a major Bantu ethnic group of Angola, historically centered in the northwestern region and known for their influential kingdoms, especially the Kingdom of Ndongo.
  • E. Nggela people
    The Nggela people are an indigenous ethnic group of the Solomon Islands, primarily inhabiting the Nggela (Florida) Islands and known for their distinct Austronesian culture and traditions.
  • 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_69b345528ebc8190b5abc7e95094792d completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b350b66450819089c9ff6ff9f045e5 completed March 12, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdd36a7c9c81908f325bc8a53db0c8 completed March 20, 2026, 11:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdd500b0088190abf6c7616a379f5c completed March 20, 2026, 11:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdd563a7fc8190a7091add8ef0e717 completed March 20, 2026, 11:16 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:08 p.m.