Triple

T7223519
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Serer language E150319 entity
Predicate spokenBy P2181 FINISHED
Object Serer people
The Serer people are a West African ethnic group primarily found in Senegal, the Gambia, and Mauritania, known for their rich pre-Islamic religious traditions, historical kingdoms, and distinctive cultural heritage.
E649603 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: Serer people | Statement: [Serer language, spokenBy, Serer people]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Serer people
Context triple: [Serer language, spokenBy, Serer people]
  • A. Songhai people
    The Songhai people are a major West African ethnic group historically centered along the Niger River, renowned for founding the powerful Songhai Empire with its capitals at Gao and Timbuktu.
  • B. Obudu people
    The Obudu people are an ethnic group indigenous to the Obudu area of northern Cross River State in southeastern Nigeria, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions.
  • C. Dyula people
    The Dyula people are a Mande-speaking West African ethnic group historically known as long-distance Muslim traders and cultural intermediaries across regions of present-day Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali, and neighboring countries.
  • D. Ikwerre people
    The Ikwerre people are an ethnic group native to the Niger Delta region of Rivers State in southern Nigeria, known for their distinct language, rich cultural traditions, and involvement in the politics and oil economy of the area.
  • E. Sara people
    The Sara people are a major ethnic group of Central Africa, primarily inhabiting southern Chad and parts of neighboring countries, known for their agricultural traditions and significant cultural and political influence in the region.
  • 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: Serer people
Triple: [Serer language, spokenBy, Serer people]
Generated description
The Serer people are a West African ethnic group primarily found in Senegal, the Gambia, and Mauritania, known for their rich pre-Islamic religious traditions, historical kingdoms, and distinctive cultural heritage.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Serer people
Target entity description: The Serer people are a West African ethnic group primarily found in Senegal, the Gambia, and Mauritania, known for their rich pre-Islamic religious traditions, historical kingdoms, and distinctive cultural heritage.
  • A. Songhai people
    The Songhai people are a major West African ethnic group historically centered along the Niger River, renowned for founding the powerful Songhai Empire with its capitals at Gao and Timbuktu.
  • B. Obudu people
    The Obudu people are an ethnic group indigenous to the Obudu area of northern Cross River State in southeastern Nigeria, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions.
  • C. Dyula people
    The Dyula people are a Mande-speaking West African ethnic group historically known as long-distance Muslim traders and cultural intermediaries across regions of present-day Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali, and neighboring countries.
  • D. Ikwerre people
    The Ikwerre people are an ethnic group native to the Niger Delta region of Rivers State in southern Nigeria, known for their distinct language, rich cultural traditions, and involvement in the politics and oil economy of the area.
  • E. Sara people
    The Sara people are a major ethnic group of Central Africa, primarily inhabiting southern Chad and parts of neighboring countries, known for their agricultural traditions and significant cultural and political influence in the region.
  • 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_69c687effb44819092b95d07d0368c9f completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e9b54a5c8190a4a289f32853a8fe completed March 27, 2026, 8:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7cc0c3ff08190b855fa57967586ce completed March 28, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7cc93801081908c9617bc0f768bd3 completed March 28, 2026, 12:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7cd337e14819089af22ff14a8dcf4 completed March 28, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:54 p.m.