Triple
T16260121
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Etosha Pan |
E394731
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Kalahari Basin |
E70367
|
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: Kalahari Basin | Statement: [Etosha Pan, partOf, Kalahari Basin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kalahari Basin Context triple: [Etosha Pan, partOf, Kalahari Basin]
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A.
Kalahari Basin
chosen
The Kalahari Basin is a large inland drainage basin in southern Africa that encompasses and gives rise to the arid Kalahari Desert and surrounding semi-arid regions.
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B.
Kalahari Desert
The Kalahari Desert is a vast semi-arid sandy savanna in southern Africa known for its red dunes, sparse vegetation, and unique wildlife adapted to its dry conditions.
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C.
Karoo Basin
The Karoo Basin is a vast sedimentary basin in South Africa renowned for its extensive Permian–Jurassic rock sequences and rich fossil record, including important early dinosaur and synapsid remains.
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D.
Kalahari Khoe
Kalahari Khoe is a branch of the Khoe language family comprising several closely related indigenous languages spoken by Khoe-speaking communities in the Kalahari region of southern Africa.
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E.
Turkana Basin
The Turkana Basin is a geologically rich region in East Africa renowned as one of the world’s most important areas for studying human evolution and ancient environments.
- 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_69d87f221d8081909b0b2063e7528ba2 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e245c3e5388190942b0237ab5d1f0f |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a000eee110c819088d99b80435ab70b |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:04 a.m.