Triple
T1195215
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dutch colonial government |
E25653
|
entity |
| Predicate | appliedToTerritory |
P8773
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Dutch Cape Colony |
E2100
|
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: Dutch Cape Colony | Statement: [Dutch colonial government, appliedToTerritory, Dutch Cape Colony]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dutch Cape Colony Context triple: [Dutch colonial government, appliedToTerritory, Dutch Cape Colony]
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A.
Cape Colony
chosen
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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B.
Riebeek-Wes, Cape Colony
Riebeek-Wes, Cape Colony was a small rural town in the former Cape Colony (now South Africa) known historically as the birthplace of future South African prime minister D. F. Malan.
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C.
Dutch Brazil
Dutch Brazil was a short-lived 17th-century Dutch colony in northeastern Brazil, centered on Recife, that served as a key hub for the Atlantic sugar and slave trades.
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D.
South African Republic
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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E.
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.
- 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_69a49429f5ec8190a6a205eb0ae81e5e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bd78f61c8190bdba2255d35a8fe4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aca2e7d28c8190acf5ae2237e6d4e0 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:12 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.