Triple

T2098053
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject South-West Africa Campaign E37026 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object South African administration of South West Africa
The South African administration of South West Africa was the period of South African rule over the former German colony (now Namibia), during which it was governed as a de facto South African territory under a League of Nations mandate and later in defiance of United Nations efforts to end colonial control.
E47949 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: South African administration of South West Africa | Statement: [South-West Africa Campaign, successor, South African administration of South West Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African administration of South West Africa
Context triple: [South-West Africa Campaign, successor, South African administration of South West Africa]
  • A. Boer Republic of Natalia
    The Boer Republic of Natalia was a short-lived 19th-century Boer-ruled republic in southeastern Africa that existed before being incorporated into British-controlled Natal.
  • B. South African Republic
    The South African Republic, also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled state in southern Africa during the 19th century that later became part of modern South Africa.
  • C. Boer republics
    The Boer republics were independent, self-governing states established in the 19th century in southern Africa by Dutch-speaking Boer settlers who migrated inland from British-controlled territories.
  • D. Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa
    The Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa was a landmark 1950 decision by the Permanent Court of International Justice that clarified the legal status of the former German colony under South African administration and the continuing obligations of the League of Nations mandate system.
  • E. Dominion of South Africa
    The Dominion of South Africa was a self-governing British dominion (1910–1961) that participated in both World Wars and formed the historical predecessor to the modern Republic of South Africa.
  • 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: South African administration of South West Africa
Triple: [South-West Africa Campaign, successor, South African administration of South West Africa]
Generated description
The South African administration of South West Africa was the period of South African rule over the former German colony (now Namibia), during which it was governed as a de facto South African territory under a League of Nations mandate and later in defiance of United Nations efforts to end colonial control.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African administration of South West Africa
Target entity description: The South African administration of South West Africa was the period of South African rule over the former German colony (now Namibia), during which it was governed as a de facto South African territory under a League of Nations mandate and later in defiance of United Nations efforts to end colonial control.
  • A. Boer Republic of Natalia
    The Boer Republic of Natalia was a short-lived 19th-century Boer-ruled republic in southeastern Africa that existed before being incorporated into British-controlled Natal.
  • B. South African Republic
    The South African Republic, also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled state in southern Africa during the 19th century that later became part of modern South Africa.
  • C. Boer republics
    The Boer republics were independent, self-governing states established in the 19th century in southern Africa by Dutch-speaking Boer settlers who migrated inland from British-controlled territories.
  • D. Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa chosen
    The Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa was a landmark 1950 decision by the Permanent Court of International Justice that clarified the legal status of the former German colony under South African administration and the continuing obligations of the League of Nations mandate system.
  • E. Dominion of South Africa
    The Dominion of South Africa was a self-governing British dominion (1910–1961) that participated in both World Wars and formed the historical predecessor to the modern Republic of South Africa.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a8861828948190924aa30c08806b3a completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abba9de75c81909770409b5ae62c24 completed March 7, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae3060b834819091dff510b89b3ec8 completed March 9, 2026, 2:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae30f84d548190b2d99162471207a4 completed March 9, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae317473408190ad67374cfb82a7db completed March 9, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:43 p.m.