Triple
T23346282
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Empire in South Africa |
E591873
|
entity |
| Predicate | appliesToTerritory |
P647
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Natal Colony |
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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: Natal Colony | Statement: [British Empire in South Africa, appliesToTerritory, Natal Colony]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Natal Colony Context triple: [British Empire in South Africa, appliesToTerritory, Natal Colony]
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A.
Natal Colony
chosen
The Natal Colony was a British-controlled region in southeastern Africa that later became part of modern South Africa and played a significant role in colonial-era conflicts and politics.
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B.
Elizabeth Bay
Elizabeth Bay is a harbourside suburb in Sydney, Australia, known for its waterfront views, historic apartment buildings, and proximity to the city centre.
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C.
Robson Bight
Robson Bight is a protected ecological reserve on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, renowned as a critical habitat and rubbing beach area for wild orcas.
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D.
Prince Albert, Cape Colony
Prince Albert, Cape Colony was a small 19th-century town in the former British Cape Colony, known as a rural settlement in what is now South Africa’s Western Cape.
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E.
Colony of Natal
The Colony of Natal was a British colonial territory in southeastern Africa, centered on the port of Durban, that existed from the mid-19th century until it became part of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
- 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_69e25d20e3d08190bcede87673cafb25 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f19837874481908f1a530261a34819 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 5:33 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:19 p.m.