Triple

T1962673
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Isandlwana E42620 entity
Predicate involves P1256 FINISHED
Object Natal Native Contingent
The Natal Native Contingent was a colonial auxiliary force of African troops raised by the British in Natal that played a significant but often under-equipped and under-recognized role in the Anglo-Zulu War.
E218896 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: Natal Native Contingent | Statement: [Battle of Isandlwana, involves, Natal Native Contingent]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Natal Native Contingent
Context triple: [Battle of Isandlwana, involves, Natal Native Contingent]
  • A. Pilbara Regiment
    The Pilbara Regiment is a regional Australian Army reserve unit responsible for surveillance and reconnaissance across the remote and sparsely populated Pilbara region of Western Australia.
  • B. Kosciuszko Squadron
    The Kosciuszko Squadron was a Polish-American fighter unit formed during the Polish–Soviet War, renowned for its volunteer U.S. pilots and its symbolic role in Polish aviation history.
  • C. Nyland Brigade
    Nyland Brigade is a coastal infantry unit of the Finnish Navy specializing in amphibious and coastal defense operations.
  • D. Household Brigade
    The Household Brigade is a prestigious formation of elite British Army regiments responsible for ceremonial duties and the protection of the monarch.
  • E. Army of the Orient
    The Army of the Orient was Napoleon Bonaparte’s French expeditionary force sent to conquer Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean during the late 1790s.
  • 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: Natal Native Contingent
Triple: [Battle of Isandlwana, involves, Natal Native Contingent]
Generated description
The Natal Native Contingent was a colonial auxiliary force of African troops raised by the British in Natal that played a significant but often under-equipped and under-recognized role in the Anglo-Zulu War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Natal Native Contingent
Target entity description: The Natal Native Contingent was a colonial auxiliary force of African troops raised by the British in Natal that played a significant but often under-equipped and under-recognized role in the Anglo-Zulu War.
  • A. Pilbara Regiment
    The Pilbara Regiment is a regional Australian Army reserve unit responsible for surveillance and reconnaissance across the remote and sparsely populated Pilbara region of Western Australia.
  • B. Kosciuszko Squadron
    The Kosciuszko Squadron was a Polish-American fighter unit formed during the Polish–Soviet War, renowned for its volunteer U.S. pilots and its symbolic role in Polish aviation history.
  • C. Nyland Brigade
    Nyland Brigade is a coastal infantry unit of the Finnish Navy specializing in amphibious and coastal defense operations.
  • D. Household Brigade
    The Household Brigade is a prestigious formation of elite British Army regiments responsible for ceremonial duties and the protection of the monarch.
  • E. Army of the Orient
    The Army of the Orient was Napoleon Bonaparte’s French expeditionary force sent to conquer Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean during the late 1790s.
  • 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_69a88711151c8190940b2572095059d7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb3ac31a08190abaecac8badc52c7 completed March 7, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adfbd133908190add1c78d91a813ef completed March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adfc6d7fb08190959ee247d0060f4c completed March 8, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adfd2f68f48190ad23db5ca6ae663a completed March 8, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.