Triple
T20737011
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | George Witton |
E509737
|
entity |
| Predicate | militaryBranch |
P253
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Bushveldt Carbineers |
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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: Bushveldt Carbineers | Statement: [George Witton, militaryBranch, Bushveldt Carbineers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bushveldt Carbineers Context triple: [George Witton, militaryBranch, Bushveldt Carbineers]
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A.
Bushveldt Carbineers
chosen
The Bushveldt Carbineers was an irregular mounted infantry unit of the British Army in the Second Boer War, notorious for its harsh counter-guerrilla operations and the controversial court-martial of several of its officers, including Harry "Breaker" Morant.
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B.
Pretoria Regiment
The Pretoria Regiment is a historic armoured regiment of the South African Army known for its service in multiple 20th-century conflicts and its role within the South African Armoured Corps.
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C.
Umvoti Mounted Rifles
Umvoti Mounted Rifles is a historic South African armoured regiment that has served as part of the country’s reserve military forces.
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D.
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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E.
Johannesburg Light Horse Regiment
The Johannesburg Light Horse Regiment is a historic South African armoured unit known for its cavalry origins and service in major 20th-century conflicts.
- 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_69e0b4c589c08190834fb5d86d0efa2b |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c20ac6e881908524be890be699e7 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:17 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:32 p.m.