Triple
T12847939
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lobengula |
E307231
|
entity |
| Predicate | conflict |
P12
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Cecil Rhodes |
E44228
|
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: Cecil Rhodes | Statement: [Lobengula, conflict, Cecil Rhodes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cecil Rhodes Context triple: [Lobengula, conflict, Cecil Rhodes]
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A.
Cecil Rhodes
chosen
Cecil Rhodes was a British imperialist, businessman, and politician in southern Africa whose wealth and will established the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford.
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B.
Sir Theophilus Shepstone
Sir Theophilus Shepstone was a 19th-century British colonial administrator in South Africa, influential in native affairs and territorial annexations under the British Empire.
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C.
Henry Bartle Frere
Henry Bartle Frere was a 19th-century British colonial administrator and diplomat best known for his controversial role as High Commissioner for Southern Africa, including actions that helped precipitate the Anglo-Zulu War.
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D.
Frederick Lugard
Frederick Lugard was a British colonial administrator and soldier best known for his role in establishing British rule in Nigeria and formulating the doctrine of indirect rule in Africa.
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E.
Henry Stanley, 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley
Henry Stanley, 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley, was a 19th-century British peer and Liberal politician from the prominent Stanley family.
- 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_69d7bdf5e7cc8190be357278bc5ba3bb |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9701fe684819084582d1b4c809429 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f69ba1ef2481909bcf68a698afd3c6 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:49 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:36 p.m.