Triple

T8405431
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Banda-Mbrém language E198484 entity
Predicate languageFamily P1047 FINISHED
Object Nilo-Saharan E8870 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: Nilo-Saharan | Statement: [Banda-Mbrém language, languageFamily, Nilo-Saharan]

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: Nilo-Saharan
Context triple: [Banda-Mbrém language, languageFamily, Nilo-Saharan]
  • A. Nilo-Saharan languages chosen
    Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed large and diverse family of African languages spoken mainly along the Nile Valley and across parts of central and eastern Africa.
  • B. Proto-Niger–Congo
    Proto-Niger–Congo is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Niger–Congo language family, from which many languages across sub-Saharan Africa are believed to have descended.
  • C. Nubian languages
    The Nubian languages are a group of closely related Eastern Sudanic languages spoken primarily along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, known for their ancient literary history and modern use among Nubian communities.
  • D. East Central Sudanic languages
    The East Central Sudanic languages are a subgroup of the Central Sudanic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family, spoken primarily in parts of Central and East Africa.
  • E. North Omotic
    North Omotic is a branch of the Omotic language family spoken primarily in southwestern Ethiopia, encompassing several related languages of the Afroasiatic phylum.
  • 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_69ca8310df9c8190b25f16161cca3e41 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cb8312941c8190af0b2def0a4e02be ner completed
NED1 batch_69ce1d34214481908503c662eb060ff7 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:05 p.m.