Triple
T22335381
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Soshangane |
E552132
|
entity |
| Predicate | ethnicity |
P194
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ndwandwe |
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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: Ndwandwe | Statement: [Soshangane, ethnicity, Ndwandwe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ndwandwe Context triple: [Soshangane, ethnicity, Ndwandwe]
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A.
Ndwandwe
chosen
Ndwandwe was a powerful Nguni-speaking kingdom in southeastern Africa that rivaled the Mthethwa and played a major role in the early 19th-century upheavals that led to the rise of the Zulu state.
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B.
Zithande
Zithande is a popular song by South African singer and songwriter Nomvula.
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C.
Zwelitsha
Zwelitsha is a township in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa that forms part of the Buffalo City metropolitan area near King William’s Town.
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D.
Thembu
The Thembu are a Xhosa-speaking South African ethnic group historically known as one of the prominent chiefdoms in the Eastern Cape region.
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E.
Vhavenda
Vhavenda are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting the northern part of South Africa’s Limpopo Province, known for their rich cultural traditions, distinctive music and dance, and historical Venda kingdom.
- 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_69e11e494eec81909c4d2d51f69499d9 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1577e35f48190b11789d80182653e |
completed | April 29, 2026, 12:57 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:43 p.m.