Triple

T7917888

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Ubangian languages	`E183872`	entity
Predicate	arealFeature	`P12635`	FINISHED
Object	Central African linguistic area The Central African linguistic area is a region where diverse languages, including the Ubangian family, share convergent structural and phonological features due to long-term contact and diffusion.	`E700215`	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: Central African linguistic area | Statement: [Ubangian languages, arealFeature, Central African linguistic area]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central African linguistic area
Context triple: [Ubangian languages, arealFeature, Central African linguistic area]

A. Eastern Sudanic languages
Eastern Sudanic languages are a major branch of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family, spoken primarily in northeastern and eastern Africa and including languages such as Nubian and Nilotic.
B. Central Sudanic languages
Central Sudanic languages are a major branch of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family, spoken primarily in central Africa across countries such as South Sudan, Chad, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
C. Bas-Congo
Bas-Congo, now known as Kongo Central Province, is a western region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo bordering the Atlantic Ocean and Angola, historically significant as part of the Kingdom of Kongo.
D. 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.
E. West African languages
West African languages are a diverse group of Niger-Congo and other language families spoken across West Africa that have significantly influenced the vocabulary, grammar, and phonology of many Atlantic and Caribbean creoles.
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: Central African linguistic area
Triple: [Ubangian languages, arealFeature, Central African linguistic area]

Generated description

The Central African linguistic area is a region where diverse languages, including the Ubangian family, share convergent structural and phonological features due to long-term contact and diffusion.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central African linguistic area
Target entity description: The Central African linguistic area is a region where diverse languages, including the Ubangian family, share convergent structural and phonological features due to long-term contact and diffusion.

A. Eastern Sudanic languages
Eastern Sudanic languages are a major branch of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family, spoken primarily in northeastern and eastern Africa and including languages such as Nubian and Nilotic.
B. Central Sudanic languages
Central Sudanic languages are a major branch of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family, spoken primarily in central Africa across countries such as South Sudan, Chad, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
C. Bas-Congo
Bas-Congo, now known as Kongo Central Province, is a western region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo bordering the Atlantic Ocean and Angola, historically significant as part of the Kingdom of Kongo.
D. 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.
E. West African languages
West African languages are a diverse group of Niger-Congo and other language families spoken across West Africa that have significantly influenced the vocabulary, grammar, and phonology of many Atlantic and Caribbean creoles.
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_69ca828efbe48190bd48482650182e79`	completed	March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69cb3a8fbbb48190b50def4941761a31`	completed	March 31, 2026, 3:07 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69cb5be9e6548190a01d2e6db8dc4864`	completed	March 31, 2026, 5:30 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69cb7633c5a0819089deb6e89d9acb8e`	completed	March 31, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69cbb84dc86c8190893d67ce07c51aa0`	completed	March 31, 2026, 12:04 p.m.

Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:05 p.m.