Triple

T4302727
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oshiwambo E99877 entity
Predicate closelyRelatedTo P37 FINISHED
Object Herero language
The Herero language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Herero people of Namibia and Botswana, known for its noun class system and close relation to other Southwest Bantu languages.
E429363 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: Herero language | Statement: [Oshiwambo, closelyRelatedTo, Herero language]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herero language
Context triple: [Oshiwambo, closelyRelatedTo, Herero language]
  • A. Khoikhoi language
    The Khoikhoi language is a member of the Khoe-Kwadi family spoken historically by the Khoikhoi people of southwestern Africa, known for its distinctive click consonants and role in the region’s cultural heritage.
  • B. Mapudungun language
    Mapudungun is the indigenous language of the Mapuche people of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, belonging to the Araucanian language family and still spoken by a significant community today.
  • C. Tswa language
    The Tswa language is a Bantu language of southern Africa, spoken mainly in Mozambique and neighboring regions, and is closely related to Xitsonga within the Tswa-Ronga group.
  • D. Murle language
    The Murle language is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Murle people of South Sudan.
  • E. Khoisan languages
    Khoisan languages are a group of indigenous African language families best known for their distinctive click consonants and their speakers’ long-standing presence in southern Africa.
  • 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: Herero language
Triple: [Oshiwambo, closelyRelatedTo, Herero language]
Generated description
The Herero language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Herero people of Namibia and Botswana, known for its noun class system and close relation to other Southwest Bantu languages.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herero language
Target entity description: The Herero language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Herero people of Namibia and Botswana, known for its noun class system and close relation to other Southwest Bantu languages.
  • A. Khoikhoi language
    The Khoikhoi language is a member of the Khoe-Kwadi family spoken historically by the Khoikhoi people of southwestern Africa, known for its distinctive click consonants and role in the region’s cultural heritage.
  • B. Mapudungun language
    Mapudungun is the indigenous language of the Mapuche people of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, belonging to the Araucanian language family and still spoken by a significant community today.
  • C. Tswa language
    The Tswa language is a Bantu language of southern Africa, spoken mainly in Mozambique and neighboring regions, and is closely related to Xitsonga within the Tswa-Ronga group.
  • D. Murle language
    The Murle language is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Murle people of South Sudan.
  • E. Khoisan languages
    Khoisan languages are a group of indigenous African language families best known for their distinctive click consonants and their speakers’ long-standing presence in southern Africa.
  • 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_69b5c7507f1081909cf737dff00542d9 completed March 14, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5c909b7848190bbe00249e0c9e555 completed March 14, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5c97117088190972bba5dbc1553f7 completed March 14, 2026, 8:47 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:08 p.m.