Triple
T23213914
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cradock |
E580678
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Cradock Four
The Cradock Four were a group of anti-apartheid activists from South Africa whose 1985 abduction and murder by security forces became a pivotal symbol of resistance to apartheid-era state violence.
|
E1575065
|
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: Cradock Four | Statement: [Cradock, associatedWith, Cradock Four]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cradock Four Context triple: [Cradock, associatedWith, Cradock Four]
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A.
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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B.
Shangani Patrol incident
The Shangani Patrol incident was a famous 1893 battle in which a small British South Africa Company patrol was annihilated while pursuing King Lobengula during the First Matabele War in present-day Zimbabwe.
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C.
Featherstone Massacre
The Featherstone Massacre was an 1893 incident in Featherstone, England, in which troops fired on striking coal miners, killing and injuring several and becoming a symbol of industrial-era labor conflict.
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D.
SAS Pietermaritzburg wreck
The SAS Pietermaritzburg wreck is a popular South African scuba diving site formed by the scuttled former naval vessel SAS Pietermaritzburg, now serving as an artificial reef.
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E.
Dunoon Massacre
The Dunoon Massacre was a 17th-century slaughter of members of Clan Lamont by their rivals, Clan Campbell, in Argyll, Scotland, following the clan conflicts of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
- 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: Cradock Four Triple: [Cradock, associatedWith, Cradock Four]
Generated description
The Cradock Four were a group of anti-apartheid activists from South Africa whose 1985 abduction and murder by security forces became a pivotal symbol of resistance to apartheid-era state violence.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cradock Four Target entity description: The Cradock Four were a group of anti-apartheid activists from South Africa whose 1985 abduction and murder by security forces became a pivotal symbol of resistance to apartheid-era state violence.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
Shangani Patrol incident
The Shangani Patrol incident was a famous 1893 battle in which a small British South Africa Company patrol was annihilated while pursuing King Lobengula during the First Matabele War in present-day Zimbabwe.
-
C.
Featherstone Massacre
The Featherstone Massacre was an 1893 incident in Featherstone, England, in which troops fired on striking coal miners, killing and injuring several and becoming a symbol of industrial-era labor conflict.
-
D.
SAS Pietermaritzburg wreck
The SAS Pietermaritzburg wreck is a popular South African scuba diving site formed by the scuttled former naval vessel SAS Pietermaritzburg, now serving as an artificial reef.
-
E.
Dunoon Massacre
The Dunoon Massacre was a 17th-century slaughter of members of Clan Lamont by their rivals, Clan Campbell, in Argyll, Scotland, following the clan conflicts of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69e2460389408190be74f41d217799a9 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f19163b9b88190a68fa6d08d37bdb7 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 5:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0c30c8a2548190a6f40a9e5c19123d |
completed | May 19, 2026, 9:43 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0c36b18b6081909e911a637a0cb38e |
completed | May 19, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0c3782bd708190bc2b0f117b9ebe42 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 10:12 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:07 p.m.