Triple
T11680974
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | eastern frontier of the Cape Colony |
E277612
|
entity |
| Predicate | borderedBy |
P224
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Xhosa territories |
E709163
|
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: Xhosa territories | Statement: [eastern frontier of the Cape Colony, borderedBy, Xhosa territories]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xhosa territories Context triple: [eastern frontier of the Cape Colony, borderedBy, Xhosa territories]
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A.
Thembuland
Thembuland is a historical region in South Africa that served as the traditional homeland of the Thembu people, an Nguni-speaking group to which figures like Nelson Mandela belong.
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B.
KwaZulu homeland
KwaZulu homeland was a former apartheid-era Bantustan in South Africa designated for Zulu people before being reincorporated into the modern province of KwaZulu-Natal.
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C.
Sekhukhuneland
Sekhukhuneland is a historical region in northeastern South Africa that served as the heartland of the Pedi kingdom and culture.
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D.
Ciskei
chosen
Ciskei was a nominally independent Bantustan in southeastern South Africa established under apartheid as a homeland for Xhosa-speaking people.
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E.
Zululand region
The Zululand region is an area in northeastern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, known for its rich Zulu cultural heritage, diverse wildlife reserves, and varied landscapes ranging from coastal plains to inland hills.
- 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_69d6aafd0a448190b44da30af8c6c519 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a461b0908190bef4e1c6777affcf |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:18 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ef141134bc81908c0cfb0a3711c115 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 7:45 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.