Triple
T18445865
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | J. P. Snyman |
E450654
|
entity |
| Predicate | militaryBranch |
P253
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Boer commandos |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Boer commandos | Statement: [J. P. Snyman, militaryBranch, Boer commandos]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boer commandos Context triple: [J. P. Snyman, militaryBranch, Boer commandos]
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A.
Boer commando
chosen
A Boer commando was a mobile, militia-style mounted unit of Boer citizen-soldiers used in South African frontier and colonial warfare.
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B.
Boer forces
Boer forces were the predominantly mounted, guerrilla-style republican commandos of the South African Boers that fought against the British Empire during the Anglo-Boer Wars.
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C.
Free State commandos
The Free State commandos were Boer irregular military units from the Orange Free State that fought against the British during the Second Boer War.
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D.
Zulu Army
The Zulu Army was the highly disciplined and formidable military force of the Zulu Kingdom in southern Africa, renowned for its tactical innovations and major victories during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
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E.
Basuto Wars
The Basuto Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts in southern Africa between the Basotho people and neighboring Boer republics, primarily over land and political control.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8d38345688190b565eac2e4cd7935 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e51c15127881909d23b6dd45d7ccc9 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:16 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:30 a.m.