Triple

T10652630
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject South African politics E251009 entity
Predicate keyEvent P259 FINISHED
Object Sharpeville massacre E124863 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Sharpeville massacre | Statement: [South African politics, keyEvent, Sharpeville massacre]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sharpeville massacre
Context triple: [South African politics, keyEvent, Sharpeville massacre]
  • A. Sharpeville massacre chosen
    The Sharpeville massacre was a 1960 incident in South Africa in which police opened fire on a peaceful anti–pass laws protest, killing 69 people and marking a turning point in the struggle against apartheid.
  • B. Soweto Uprising
    The Soweto Uprising was a 1976 student-led protest in the Soweto township of South Africa against apartheid education policies, which became a pivotal moment in the struggle against apartheid.
  • C. Weenen massacre
    The Weenen massacre was an 1838 killing of Voortrekker settlers by Zulu forces in present-day South Africa, which became a pivotal flashpoint in the conflict between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom.
  • D. Murder of Piet Retief
    The Murder of Piet Retief was a pivotal 1838 killing of the Voortrekker leader and his delegation by Zulu King Dingane, an event that dramatically escalated conflict during the Great Trek in South Africa.
  • E. Xhosa cattle-killing movement
    The Xhosa cattle-killing movement was a mid-19th-century millenarian prophecy-led movement among the Xhosa that called for the mass slaughter of cattle and destruction of crops in the belief it would bring about the resurrection of ancestors and the expulsion of colonial settlers, ultimately resulting in a devastating famine.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69d6aa5a4c4881908f39be6efe5981e5 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6dff78ec88190a4d1863fe87245f6 completed April 8, 2026, 11:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d97a71fac48190a6d7c99ebc5aad0a completed April 10, 2026, 10:32 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:06 p.m.