Github user stain commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-taverna-language/pull/37
This is a workaround for
[JENA-1462](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JENA-1462) - as that is
present in jena 3.3 --> 3.6 I think this is the best solution for now.---
