Triple

T2519049
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gcaleka polity E55478 entity
Predicate colonialInteraction P3812 FINISHED
Object Cape Colony authorities E2100 NE FINISHED

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: Cape Colony authorities | Statement: [Gcaleka polity, colonialInteraction, Cape Colony authorities]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cape Colony authorities
Context triple: [Gcaleka polity, colonialInteraction, Cape Colony authorities]
  • A. British colonial authorities
    British colonial authorities were the representatives and governing institutions of the British Crown that administered and controlled its American colonies prior to and during the American Revolution.
  • B. Cape Colony chosen
    Cape Colony was a former European settlement and strategic refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa that developed into a key hub of trade, migration, and colonial expansion.
  • C. Dutch colonial government
    The Dutch colonial government was the administrative authority of the Netherlands in its overseas territories, most notably the Dutch East Indies, where it imposed exploitative economic and political systems on colonized populations.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69ab49e4749c8190813311efd1630f1b completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd232ae188190b7b70806b466ee99 completed March 7, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af2ba2adc081908a0c7ff24db89de6 completed March 9, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:46 p.m.