Triple

T15892711
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lunda people E385366 entity
Predicate relatedEthnicGroup P1969 FINISHED
Object Ndembu people
The Ndembu people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of northwestern Zambia known for their rich ritual life and for being extensively studied in the anthropological works of Victor Turner.
E1533315 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: Ndembu people | Statement: [Lunda people, relatedEthnicGroup, Ndembu people]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ndembu people
Context triple: [Lunda people, relatedEthnicGroup, Ndembu people]
  • A. Ndowe people
    The Ndowe people are a coastal Bantu ethnic group of Equatorial Guinea known for their fishing traditions, maritime culture, and historical interactions with European colonizers.
  • B. Lendu people
    The Lendu people are an agricultural ethnic group of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for their distinct language and for their involvement in regional land and resource conflicts, particularly in Ituri.
  • C. Ngemba people
    The Ngemba people are an Aboriginal Australian group whose traditional lands lie in the north‑western region of New South Wales, including the area around Bourke.
  • D. Ovimbundu people
    The Ovimbundu people are the largest ethnic group in Angola, traditionally agriculturalists and traders concentrated in the country’s central highlands, with a distinct culture and social organization.
  • E. Konjo people
    The Konjo people are an ethnic group of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, traditionally known as seafaring and agrarian communities with distinct cultural and linguistic traditions.
  • 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: Ndembu people
Triple: [Lunda people, relatedEthnicGroup, Ndembu people]
Generated description
The Ndembu people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of northwestern Zambia known for their rich ritual life and for being extensively studied in the anthropological works of Victor Turner.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ndembu people
Target entity description: The Ndembu people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of northwestern Zambia known for their rich ritual life and for being extensively studied in the anthropological works of Victor Turner.
  • A. Ndowe people
    The Ndowe people are a coastal Bantu ethnic group of Equatorial Guinea known for their fishing traditions, maritime culture, and historical interactions with European colonizers.
  • B. Lendu people
    The Lendu people are an agricultural ethnic group of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for their distinct language and for their involvement in regional land and resource conflicts, particularly in Ituri.
  • C. Ngemba people
    The Ngemba people are an Aboriginal Australian group whose traditional lands lie in the north‑western region of New South Wales, including the area around Bourke.
  • D. Ovimbundu people
    The Ovimbundu people are the largest ethnic group in Angola, traditionally agriculturalists and traders concentrated in the country’s central highlands, with a distinct culture and social organization.
  • E. Konjo people
    The Konjo people are an ethnic group of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, traditionally known as seafaring and agrarian communities with distinct cultural and linguistic traditions.
  • 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_69d86da5b800819083a31be937d738b0 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1563727cc819086b5c18b655dd7f6 completed April 16, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0ae99b7ec48190b3ddfe3bf61ab8fb completed May 18, 2026, 10:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0aea2e16f881909311d0ad4694a7df completed May 18, 2026, 10:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0aeabfc9a08190b7eefb232ac07ed8 completed May 18, 2026, 10:32 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m.