Triple

T8651732
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tebu languages E205114 entity
Predicate languageBranchOf P1967 FINISHED
Object Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan
The Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan is a subgroup of the Nilo-Saharan language family comprising languages spoken primarily across the central Sahara and surrounding Sahel regions.
 E749760 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: Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan | Statement: [Tebu languages, languageBranchOf, Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan
Context triple: [Tebu languages, languageBranchOf, Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan]
  • A. Songhay branch of Nilo-Saharan
    The Songhay branch of Nilo-Saharan is a group of closely related languages spoken primarily along the Niger River in West Africa, including major varieties such as Zarma and Songhay proper.
  • B. Kwa branch of Niger–Congo
    The Kwa branch of Niger–Congo is a major subgroup of West African languages spoken primarily in southern Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, and Benin, known for its tonal systems and rich noun-class and aspectual distinctions.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Nilo-Saharan languages
    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.
  • E. Western Nilotic languages
    Western Nilotic languages are a subgroup of the Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken primarily in parts of South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and neighboring regions.
  • 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: Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan
Triple: [Tebu languages, languageBranchOf, Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan]
Generated description
The Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan is a subgroup of the Nilo-Saharan language family comprising languages spoken primarily across the central Sahara and surrounding Sahel regions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan
Target entity description: The Saharan branch of Nilo-Saharan is a subgroup of the Nilo-Saharan language family comprising languages spoken primarily across the central Sahara and surrounding Sahel regions.
  • A. Songhay branch of Nilo-Saharan
    The Songhay branch of Nilo-Saharan is a group of closely related languages spoken primarily along the Niger River in West Africa, including major varieties such as Zarma and Songhay proper.
  • B. Kwa branch of Niger–Congo
    The Kwa branch of Niger–Congo is a major subgroup of West African languages spoken primarily in southern Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, and Benin, known for its tonal systems and rich noun-class and aspectual distinctions.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Nilo-Saharan languages
    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.
  • E. Western Nilotic languages
    Western Nilotic languages are a subgroup of the Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken primarily in parts of South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and neighboring regions.
  • 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_69ca834e56848190abb0eeaec9dedd32 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc484051b48190b1d0cc63426c204d completed March 31, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ceccc95b588190b5e44c73cf93d18b completed April 2, 2026, 8:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cece1681288190a6c99407bc2f0bdd completed April 2, 2026, 8:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cecec118ac81909fbcafe841354c32 completed April 2, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:29 p.m.