Triple

T23476653
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tonga language (Malawi) E570281 entity
Predicate ethnicGroup P194 FINISHED
Object Tonga people (Malawi)
The Tonga people of Malawi are a Bantu ethnic group primarily inhabiting the northern lakeshore region of the country, known for their fishing traditions, matrilineal social structure, and distinctive cultural practices.
E1588376 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: Tonga people (Malawi) | Statement: [Tonga language (Malawi), ethnicGroup, Tonga people (Malawi)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tonga people (Malawi)
Context triple: [Tonga language (Malawi), ethnicGroup, Tonga people (Malawi)]
  • A. Tonga language (Malawi)
    The Tonga language (Malawi) is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Tonga people of northern Malawi, distinct from other similarly named Tonga languages in southern Africa.
  • B. Tonga people
    The Tonga people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of southern Africa, traditionally living along the Zambezi River in Zambia and Zimbabwe with a distinct language, culture, and history tied to the riverine environment.
  • C. Tonga (Zambia)
    Tonga (Zambia) is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Tonga people in southern Zambia and neighboring regions.
  • D. Tonga language (Mozambique)
    The Tonga language of Mozambique is a Bantu language spoken primarily in southern Mozambique, distinct from the similarly named Tonga language of Zimbabwe and Zambia.
  • E. Tonga (Zimbabwe)
    Tonga (Zimbabwe) is a Southern Bantu language spoken primarily by the Tonga people living along the Zambezi River in northern Zimbabwe 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: Tonga people (Malawi)
Triple: [Tonga language (Malawi), ethnicGroup, Tonga people (Malawi)]
Generated description
The Tonga people of Malawi are a Bantu ethnic group primarily inhabiting the northern lakeshore region of the country, known for their fishing traditions, matrilineal social structure, and distinctive cultural practices.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tonga people (Malawi)
Target entity description: The Tonga people of Malawi are a Bantu ethnic group primarily inhabiting the northern lakeshore region of the country, known for their fishing traditions, matrilineal social structure, and distinctive cultural practices.
  • A. Tonga language (Malawi)
    The Tonga language (Malawi) is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Tonga people of northern Malawi, distinct from other similarly named Tonga languages in southern Africa.
  • B. Tonga people
    The Tonga people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of southern Africa, traditionally living along the Zambezi River in Zambia and Zimbabwe with a distinct language, culture, and history tied to the riverine environment.
  • C. Tonga (Zambia)
    Tonga (Zambia) is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Tonga people in southern Zambia and neighboring regions.
  • D. Tonga language (Mozambique)
    The Tonga language of Mozambique is a Bantu language spoken primarily in southern Mozambique, distinct from the similarly named Tonga language of Zimbabwe and Zambia.
  • E. Tonga (Zimbabwe)
    Tonga (Zimbabwe) is a Southern Bantu language spoken primarily by the Tonga people living along the Zambezi River in northern Zimbabwe 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_69e245af8a88819084f2704f6d265a92 completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1a74cf57081909d2b90a806d68c08 completed April 29, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c82622f08819087b983bfd69efe5d completed May 19, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ca6f06a348190bfdba0452077f45b completed May 19, 2026, 6:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ca7c5176c81908221307bb50ff4ed completed May 19, 2026, 6:11 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 6:01 p.m.