Triple
T23346307
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Empire in South Africa |
E591873
|
entity |
| Predicate | opposedBy |
P437
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Basotho kingdom |
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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: Basotho kingdom | Statement: [British Empire in South Africa, opposedBy, Basotho kingdom]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basotho kingdom Context triple: [British Empire in South Africa, opposedBy, Basotho kingdom]
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A.
Basotho Kingdom
chosen
The Basotho Kingdom was a 19th-century southern African state founded and consolidated under King Moshoeshoe I, forming the historical basis of the modern nation of Lesotho.
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B.
Swazi Kingdom
The Swazi Kingdom was a precolonial southern African monarchy of the Nguni people that formed the historical basis of modern Eswatini.
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C.
Xhosa Kingdom
The Xhosa Kingdom was a historic southern African monarchy of the Xhosa people, centered in what is now the Eastern Cape of South Africa and known for its complex chiefdoms, resistance to colonial expansion, and rich cultural traditions.
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D.
Kingdom of Venda
The Kingdom of Venda was a Bantustan and nominally independent homeland for the Venda people in northern South Africa during the apartheid era.
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E.
Thembu kingdom
The Thembu kingdom is a traditional Xhosa-speaking monarchy in South Africa, historically based in the Eastern Cape and known as the ancestral realm of prominent leaders including Nelson Mandela.
- 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.