Triple
T2026302
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Boer forces |
E44414
|
entity |
| Predicate | engagement |
P1256
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Battle of Magersfontein |
E44473
|
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: Battle of Magersfontein | Statement: [Boer forces, engagement, Battle of Magersfontein]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Magersfontein Context triple: [Boer forces, engagement, Battle of Magersfontein]
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A.
Battle of Magersfontein
chosen
The Battle of Magersfontein was a major engagement of the Second Boer War in December 1899, where Boer forces decisively repelled a British advance toward Kimberley.
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B.
Battle of Colenso
The Battle of Colenso was a major early engagement of the Second Boer War in December 1899, in which British forces suffered a significant defeat while attempting to relieve the besieged town of Ladysmith in Natal, South Africa.
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C.
Battle of Bronkhorstspruit
The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit was an 1880 engagement in the Transvaal where Boer forces ambushed and decisively defeated a British column early in the First Boer War.
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D.
Battle of Laing's Nek
The Battle of Laing's Nek was a key 1881 engagement in the First Boer War in which Boer forces successfully repelled a British attempt to break through a strategic mountain pass in the Transvaal.
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E.
Battle of Majuba Hill
The Battle of Majuba Hill was a decisive 1881 engagement in which Boer forces inflicted a crushing defeat on the British, effectively ending the First Boer War and leading to restored self-government for the Transvaal.
- 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_69a889144f2481909932f0746a93023d |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb91055d88190a980e7b42e5895d4 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae7ee977c08190a90355f510aa28f2 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:03 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.