Triple
T11924795
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mzilikazi kaMashobane |
E283751
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | King of the Ndebele |
E550545
|
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: King of the Ndebele | Statement: [Mzilikazi kaMashobane, positionHeld, King of the Ndebele]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: King of the Ndebele Context triple: [Mzilikazi kaMashobane, positionHeld, King of the Ndebele]
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A.
King of the Xhosa
The King of the Xhosa is the paramount traditional monarch and symbolic leader of the Xhosa people of South Africa.
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B.
King of the Zulu
The King of the Zulu is the traditional monarch and cultural leader of the Zulu people, a major ethnic group primarily located in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
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C.
King of the AbaThembu
The King of the AbaThembu is the hereditary monarch and highest traditional authority of the Thembu people, a Xhosa-speaking ethnic group in South Africa.
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D.
Mzilikazi
chosen
Mzilikazi was a 19th-century Southern African king who founded the Ndebele (Matabele) nation and led its migration to what is now Zimbabwe.
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E.
Lobengula
Lobengula was the second and last king of the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom in what is now Zimbabwe, known for his resistance to British colonial encroachment in the late 19th century.
- 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_69d6ab2ce9c48190b5d39511b524f666 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8e8e2fc648190a446c1917db1c7d9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f44042cf1c81909de44acfe1202482 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 5:55 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:45 p.m.