Triple
T11999472
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gcaleka Xhosa |
E285618
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | King Gcaleka kaPhalo |
E939964
|
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 Gcaleka kaPhalo | Statement: [Gcaleka Xhosa, namedAfter, King Gcaleka kaPhalo]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: King Gcaleka kaPhalo Context triple: [Gcaleka Xhosa, namedAfter, King Gcaleka kaPhalo]
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A.
King Gcaleka kaPhalo
chosen
King Gcaleka kaPhalo was an 18th-century Xhosa monarch and founder of the Gcaleka royal lineage, which became the senior branch of the Xhosa nation.
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B.
King Phalo kaTshiwo
King Phalo kaTshiwo was an 18th-century Xhosa monarch renowned for uniting and consolidating Xhosa royal lineages, laying the foundations for the powerful House of Phalo.
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C.
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.
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D.
King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu
King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu was the long-reigning monarch of the Zulu nation in South Africa, known for his cultural leadership and influence in post-apartheid society.
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E.
Sekgoma II
Sekgoma II was a Bangwato king of the Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana) and a key traditional leader in the lineage that produced Botswana’s first president, Seretse Khama.
- 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_69d6ab44a77c8190a652f4b27164e4ef |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d903c26d7881909b67a31d04882eb5 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f48ae4733c81909956cc8d6bae343a |
completed | May 1, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.