Triple

T7091420
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hastings, Sierra Leone E165202 entity
Predicate ethnicGroup P194 FINISHED
Object Mende people
The Mende people are a major ethnic group of Sierra Leone, known for their rich traditions in agriculture, secret societies, storytelling, and distinctive art and music.
E640631 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: Mende people | Statement: [Hastings, Sierra Leone, ethnicGroup, Mende people]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mende people
Context triple: [Hastings, Sierra Leone, ethnicGroup, Mende people]
  • A. Ndyuka people
    The Ndyuka people are a Maroon community in eastern Suriname and French Guiana, descended from escaped African slaves and known for their distinct Afro-Surinamese culture and traditions.
  • B. Paite people
    The Paite people are an indigenous ethnic group of the broader Kuki-Chin-Mizo family in Northeast India and neighboring regions, known for their distinct cultural traditions and Tibeto-Burman linguistic heritage.
  • C. Limbu people
    The Limbu people are an indigenous ethnic group of the eastern Himalayas, primarily in eastern Nepal and neighboring regions of India, known for their distinct Kirati culture, language, and traditions.
  • D. Kunama people
    The Kunama people are an indigenous ethnic group of the Horn of Africa, known for their distinct Nilo-Saharan language and traditional agro-pastoral lifestyle.
  • E. Lauje people
    The Lauje people are an indigenous ethnic group of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their distinct Austronesian language and traditional agrarian, highland-based way of life.
  • 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: Mende people
Triple: [Hastings, Sierra Leone, ethnicGroup, Mende people]
Generated description
The Mende people are a major ethnic group of Sierra Leone, known for their rich traditions in agriculture, secret societies, storytelling, and distinctive art and music.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mende people
Target entity description: The Mende people are a major ethnic group of Sierra Leone, known for their rich traditions in agriculture, secret societies, storytelling, and distinctive art and music.
  • A. Ndyuka people
    The Ndyuka people are a Maroon community in eastern Suriname and French Guiana, descended from escaped African slaves and known for their distinct Afro-Surinamese culture and traditions.
  • B. Paite people
    The Paite people are an indigenous ethnic group of the broader Kuki-Chin-Mizo family in Northeast India and neighboring regions, known for their distinct cultural traditions and Tibeto-Burman linguistic heritage.
  • C. Limbu people
    The Limbu people are an indigenous ethnic group of the eastern Himalayas, primarily in eastern Nepal and neighboring regions of India, known for their distinct Kirati culture, language, and traditions.
  • D. Kunama people
    The Kunama people are an indigenous ethnic group of the Horn of Africa, known for their distinct Nilo-Saharan language and traditional agro-pastoral lifestyle.
  • E. Lauje people
    The Lauje people are an indigenous ethnic group of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for their distinct Austronesian language and traditional agrarian, highland-based way of life.
  • 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_69c6887e8c10819091cee237560d32da completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e53132288190b6da361d9c7218ab completed March 27, 2026, 8:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7948cb3d48190993134d709924e3d completed March 28, 2026, 8:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7962ec0bc8190a9223ebb245d0914 completed March 28, 2026, 8:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c79709ed808190a9f09f5350ba2ffd completed March 28, 2026, 8:53 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:41 p.m.