Triple

T149948
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Treaty of Vereeniging E3409 entity
Predicate belligerentParty P375 FINISHED
Object Orange Free State
The Orange Free State was a 19th-century independent Boer republic in southern Africa that later became a British colony following the Second Boer War.
E30172 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Orange Free State | Statement: [Treaty of Vereeniging, belligerentParty, Orange Free State]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orange Free State
Context triple: [Treaty of Vereeniging, belligerentParty, Orange Free State]
  • A. Transvaal
    Transvaal was a former Boer republic and later British colony in what is now northeastern South Africa, central to the conflicts and politics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Cape Colony
    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.
  • C. Northern Cape
    The Northern Cape is South Africa’s largest and most sparsely populated province, known for its arid landscapes, diamond mining history, and significant Afrikaans-speaking communities.
  • D. Mpumalanga
    Mpumalanga is a scenic eastern province of South Africa known for its dramatic landscapes, wildlife reserves, and attractions such as parts of the Kruger National Park and the Blyde River Canyon.
  • E. KwaZulu-Natal
    KwaZulu-Natal is a coastal province in eastern South Africa known for its Zulu cultural heritage, major cities like Durban and Pietermaritzburg, and diverse landscapes ranging from beaches to the Drakensberg mountains.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Orange Free State
Triple: [Treaty of Vereeniging, belligerentParty, Orange Free State]
Generated description
The Orange Free State was a 19th-century independent Boer republic in southern Africa that later became a British colony following the Second Boer War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orange Free State
Target entity description: The Orange Free State was a 19th-century independent Boer republic in southern Africa that later became a British colony following the Second Boer War.
  • A. Transvaal
    Transvaal was a former Boer republic and later British colony in what is now northeastern South Africa, central to the conflicts and politics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Cape Colony
    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.
  • C. Northern Cape
    The Northern Cape is South Africa’s largest and most sparsely populated province, known for its arid landscapes, diamond mining history, and significant Afrikaans-speaking communities.
  • D. Mpumalanga
    Mpumalanga is a scenic eastern province of South Africa known for its dramatic landscapes, wildlife reserves, and attractions such as parts of the Kruger National Park and the Blyde River Canyon.
  • E. KwaZulu-Natal
    KwaZulu-Natal is a coastal province in eastern South Africa known for its Zulu cultural heritage, major cities like Durban and Pietermaritzburg, and diverse landscapes ranging from beaches to the Drakensberg mountains.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69a252868de4819080e21c9938bfe8b6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25bab43608190ba5ebfbee6b5b6e4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a36473a3d88190b20052b2c0d272a2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a365272a248190866d714fc51b5cba completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3658e27bc8190a97ede95a99bc187 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.