Triple
T23460844
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | History of Zimbabwe |
E568968
|
entity |
| Predicate | includesEra |
P36703
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British South Africa Company rule |
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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: British South Africa Company rule | Statement: [History of Zimbabwe, includesEra, British South Africa Company rule]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British South Africa Company rule Context triple: [History of Zimbabwe, includesEra, British South Africa Company rule]
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A.
British South Africa Company rule in Matabeleland
British South Africa Company rule in Matabeleland was a period of chartered company colonial administration in what is now western Zimbabwe, following the conquest of the Ndebele kingdom.
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B.
British South Africa
British South Africa refers to the territories in southern Africa that were under British colonial rule, including regions that later became countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi.
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C.
British Protectorate of Basutoland
The British Protectorate of Basutoland was a southern African territory under British colonial rule from the late 19th century until 1966, when it gained independence as the Kingdom of Lesotho.
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D.
British Empire in South Africa
The British Empire in South Africa refers to the period of British colonial expansion, rule, and conflict in the region, including the annexation of territories and wars with Boer republics and indigenous peoples from the early 19th to early 20th centuries.
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E.
British South Africa Company
chosen
The British South Africa Company was a chartered company founded by Cecil Rhodes that administered and exploited large areas of southern and central Africa, notably in territories that became Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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.