Triple

T9191105
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject East African languages E220588 entity
Predicate arePartOf P1925 FINISHED
Object African languages
African languages are the diverse group of indigenous languages spoken across the African continent, encompassing hundreds of distinct tongues from major families such as Niger-Congo, Afroasiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and Khoisan.
 E786067 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: African languages | Statement: [East African languages, arePartOf, African languages]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: African languages
Context triple: [East African languages, arePartOf, African languages]
  • A. West African languages
    West African languages are a diverse group of Niger-Congo and other language families spoken across West Africa that have significantly influenced the vocabulary, grammar, and phonology of many Atlantic and Caribbean creoles.
  • B. East African languages
    East African languages are a diverse group of Bantu and Cushitic languages spoken across countries like Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and neighboring regions, many of which have significantly shaped regional creoles and lingua francas.
  • C. Niger–Congo languages
    The Niger–Congo languages form one of the world’s largest language families, encompassing hundreds of related languages spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa, including major groups like Bantu.
  • D. Bantu languages
    Bantu languages are a large family of closely related languages spoken across much of central, eastern, and southern Africa, known for features like noun class systems and widespread mutual influences among neighboring tongues.
  • E. Atlantic–Congo languages
    Atlantic–Congo languages are a major branch of the Niger–Congo language family, encompassing hundreds of related languages spoken widely across sub-Saharan Africa.
  • 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: African languages
Triple: [East African languages, arePartOf, African languages]
Generated description
African languages are the diverse group of indigenous languages spoken across the African continent, encompassing hundreds of distinct tongues from major families such as Niger-Congo, Afroasiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and Khoisan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: African languages
Target entity description: African languages are the diverse group of indigenous languages spoken across the African continent, encompassing hundreds of distinct tongues from major families such as Niger-Congo, Afroasiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and Khoisan.
  • A. West African languages
    West African languages are a diverse group of Niger-Congo and other language families spoken across West Africa that have significantly influenced the vocabulary, grammar, and phonology of many Atlantic and Caribbean creoles.
  • B. East African languages
    East African languages are a diverse group of Bantu and Cushitic languages spoken across countries like Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and neighboring regions, many of which have significantly shaped regional creoles and lingua francas.
  • C. Niger–Congo languages
    The Niger–Congo languages form one of the world’s largest language families, encompassing hundreds of related languages spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa, including major groups like Bantu.
  • D. Bantu languages
    Bantu languages are a large family of closely related languages spoken across much of central, eastern, and southern Africa, known for features like noun class systems and widespread mutual influences among neighboring tongues.
  • E. Atlantic–Congo languages
    Atlantic–Congo languages are a major branch of the Niger–Congo language family, encompassing hundreds of related languages spoken widely across sub-Saharan Africa.
  • 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_69ca83e7ba70819088b74866d9da2c30 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ccd5bf25c081909e651b67ef8ecc33 completed April 1, 2026, 8:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d065d5e81c8190b6687999a87fd559 completed April 4, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d069ef58148190aa62cb78977356b6 completed April 4, 2026, 1:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d06a2444dc81908736cae191af4dd9 completed April 4, 2026, 1:32 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:24 p.m.