Triple
T23460839
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | History of Zimbabwe |
E568968
|
entity |
| Predicate | includesEra |
P36703
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Kingdom of Mapungubwe |
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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: Kingdom of Mapungubwe | Statement: [History of Zimbabwe, includesEra, Kingdom of Mapungubwe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kingdom of Mapungubwe Context triple: [History of Zimbabwe, includesEra, Kingdom of Mapungubwe]
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A.
Kingdom of Mapungubwe
chosen
The Kingdom of Mapungubwe was a precolonial southern African state (c. 11th–13th century) known for its advanced society, extensive trade networks, and sophisticated gold-working centered near the Limpopo and Shashe rivers.
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B.
Ndebele Kingdom
The Ndebele Kingdom was a 19th-century southern African state founded by King Mzilikazi after breaking away from the Zulu Kingdom, centered in what is now western Zimbabwe.
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C.
Ndwandwe kingdom
The Ndwandwe kingdom was a powerful early 19th-century Nguni state in southeastern Africa that rivaled the Zulu Kingdom before being defeated and dispersed during the Mfecane.
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D.
Mpondo Kingdom
The Mpondo Kingdom is a traditional African monarchy of the Mpondo people, historically centered in what is now the Eastern Cape region of South Africa.
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E.
Mutapa Kingdom
The Mutapa Kingdom was a powerful Shona state in south-central Africa, renowned for its control of regional gold trade and its political dominance following the decline of Great Zimbabwe.
- 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_69e2458ebd808190b3298163132cfb0b |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1a69afba88190b1b1dd27d331309f |
completed | April 29, 2026, 6:35 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:53 p.m.