Triple
T22064523
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 1960 South African republic referendum |
E545232
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entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
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FINISHED |
| Object | Sharpeville massacre |
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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: Sharpeville massacre | Statement: [1960 South African republic referendum, precededBy, Sharpeville massacre]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sharpeville massacre Context triple: [1960 South African republic referendum, precededBy, Sharpeville massacre]
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A.
Sharpeville massacre
chosen
The Sharpeville massacre was a 1960 incident in South Africa in which police opened fire on a peaceful anti–pass laws protest, killing 69 people and marking a turning point in the struggle against apartheid.
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B.
Sharpeville
Sharpeville is a South African township historically known as the site of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, a pivotal event in the struggle against apartheid.
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C.
Soweto Uprising
The Soweto Uprising was a 1976 student-led protest in the Soweto township of South Africa against apartheid education policies, which became a pivotal moment in the struggle against apartheid.
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D.
Weenen massacre
The Weenen massacre was an 1838 killing of Voortrekker settlers by Zulu forces in present-day South Africa, which became a pivotal flashpoint in the conflict between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom.
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E.
Murder of Piet Retief
The Murder of Piet Retief was a pivotal 1838 killing of the Voortrekker leader and his delegation by Zulu King Dingane, an event that dramatically escalated conflict during the Great Trek in South Africa.
- 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_69e11e344dfc81909b1d88a7221329c7 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f12882ab3c819095b61e0a341edfdf |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:37 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:27 p.m.