Triple

T8125985
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bantu T languages E189730 entity
Predicate memberOf P10 FINISHED
Object Southern Bantu languages E153135 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Southern Bantu languages | Statement: [Bantu T languages, memberOf, Southern Bantu languages]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Southern Bantu languages
Context triple: [Bantu T languages, memberOf, Southern Bantu languages]
  • A. Southern Bantu languages chosen
    Southern Bantu languages are a major branch of the Bantu language family spoken primarily in southern Africa, including well-known languages such as Zulu, Xhosa, and Shona.
  • B. Western Bantu languages
    Western Bantu languages are a major geographic and linguistic subgroup of the Bantu family spoken primarily in western Central Africa, including parts of countries such as Angola, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo.
  • C. Central Bantu languages
    Central Bantu languages are a major subgroup of the Bantu language family spoken primarily in central Africa, encompassing numerous closely related languages with shared linguistic features.
  • D. Bantu H languages
    Bantu H languages are a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken primarily in parts of Central and Southern Africa, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical features within the wider Southern Bantoid family.
  • E. Southwest Bantu
    Southwest Bantu is a subgroup of the Bantu language family comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in southwestern Africa.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca82bb74848190afb1f18640632c10 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cb438eb778819085296e6cbfa2e70d ner completed
NED1 batch_69cd3447212881909cca3d016a4b41f4 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:34 p.m.