South African Republic
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The South African Republic, also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled state in southern Africa during the 19th century that later became part of modern South Africa.
All labels observed (12)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T833780 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: South African Republic Context triple: [Treaty of Pretoria (1881), countryOfSigning, South African Republic]
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Dominion of South Africa
The Dominion of South Africa was a self-governing British dominion (1910–1961) that participated in both World Wars and formed the historical predecessor to the modern Republic of South Africa.
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Orange Free State
The Orange Free State was a 19th-century independent Boer republic in southern Africa that later became a British colony following the Second Boer War.
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Cape Colony
Cape Colony was a former European settlement and strategic refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa that developed into a key hub of trade, migration, and colonial expansion.
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South Africa
South Africa is a country at the southern tip of the African continent, known for its cultural and linguistic diversity, complex history of apartheid and democratic transition, and significant economic and political influence in the region.
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E.
Zulu Kingdom
The Zulu Kingdom was a powerful 19th-century southern African monarchy known for its centralized military system, expansion under King Shaka, and major conflicts with British colonial powers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: South African Republic Target entity description: The South African Republic, also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled state in southern Africa during the 19th century that later became part of modern South Africa.
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A.
Dominion of South Africa
The Dominion of South Africa was a self-governing British dominion (1910–1961) that participated in both World Wars and formed the historical predecessor to the modern Republic of South Africa.
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B.
Orange Free State
The Orange Free State was a 19th-century independent Boer republic in southern Africa that later became a British colony following the Second Boer War.
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C.
Cape Colony
Cape Colony was a former European settlement and strategic refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa that developed into a key hub of trade, migration, and colonial expansion.
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South Africa
South Africa is a country at the southern tip of the African continent, known for its cultural and linguistic diversity, complex history of apartheid and democratic transition, and significant economic and political influence in the region.
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Zulu Kingdom
The Zulu Kingdom was a powerful 19th-century southern African monarchy known for its centralized military system, expansion under King Shaka, and major conflicts with British colonial powers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century state
ⓘ
Boer republic ⓘ former sovereign state ⓘ historical country ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
South African Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
Transvaal Republic
South African Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek
|
| annexedBy | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Bechuanaland Protectorate
ⓘ
surface form:
Bechuanaland
Cape Colony ⓘ
surface form:
British Cape Colony
Colony of Natal ⓘ
surface form:
Natal Colony
Orange Free State ⓘ Portuguese East Africa ⓘ |
| capital |
Pretoria, South Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
Pretoria
|
| commonLanguage | Afrikaans (proto-Afrikaans / Cape Dutch) ⓘ |
| conflict |
First Boer War
ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ |
| constitutionAdopted | 1858 ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| countryName | South African Republic self-link ⓘ |
| currency |
Transvaal pound
ⓘ
surface form:
South African Republic pound
|
| dateAnnexed | 12 April 1877 ⓘ |
| dateEventEnd | 31 May 1902 ⓘ |
| dateEventRegainedIndependence | 3 August 1881 ⓘ |
| dateEventStart | 17 January 1852 ⓘ |
| demonym | Boer ⓘ |
| established | 1852 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Sand River Convention ⓘ |
| ethnicMajorityRulers |
Afrikaners
ⓘ
surface form:
Boers (Afrikaners)
|
| event |
First Boer War
ⓘ
surface form:
British annexation of the Transvaal
|
| eventEnd | Treaty of Vereeniging ⓘ |
| eventRegainedIndependence | Pretoria Convention ⓘ |
| eventStart | Sand River Convention ⓘ |
| flagDescription | horizontal red-white-blue tricolour with a vertical green stripe at the hoist ⓘ |
| goldDiscovered |
Witwatersrand
ⓘ
surface form:
Witwatersrand goldfields
|
| goldDiscoveryImpact | influx of foreign miners (Uitlanders) ⓘ |
| governmentType |
presidential republic
ⓘ
republic ⓘ |
| headOfStateTitle | State President ⓘ |
| largestCity |
Pretoria, South Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
Pretoria
|
| laterPartOf |
South Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of South Africa
Dominion of South Africa ⓘ
surface form:
Union of South Africa
|
| legalSystem | Roman-Dutch law ⓘ |
| legislature |
Volksraad of the South African Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
Volksraad
|
| locatedIn |
Southern Africa
ⓘ
Transvaal ⓘ
surface form:
Transvaal region
|
| lostIndependence | 1902 ⓘ |
| modernTerritoryNowIn |
Gauteng
ⓘ
surface form:
Gauteng Province, South Africa
Limpopo Province ⓘ
surface form:
Limpopo Province, South Africa
Mpumalanga ⓘ
surface form:
Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
North West Province ⓘ
surface form:
North West Province, South Africa
|
| namedAfter | geographical concept of South Africa ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
ⓘ
Paul Kruger ⓘ Thomas François Burgers ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
cattle farming ⓘ gold mining ⓘ |
| re-established | 1860 ⓘ |
| reasonForBritishInterest | strategic control and gold resources ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | independent state north of the Vaal River ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| regainedIndependence | 1881 ⓘ |
| religion | Calvinism ⓘ |
| shortName |
South African rand
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surface form:
ZAR
|
| statusAfterAnnexation | British colony (Transvaal) ⓘ |
| successorState |
Transvaal
ⓘ
surface form:
Transvaal Colony
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| suzeraintyOf |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom (after 1881)
|
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: South African Republic Description of subject: The South African Republic, also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled state in southern Africa during the 19th century that later became part of modern South Africa.
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