Triple

T263279
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Great Trek E5798 entity
Predicate significantEvent P259 FINISHED
Object Crossing of the Drakensberg
The Crossing of the Drakensberg was a pivotal 1830s Voortrekker passage over South Africa’s Drakensberg mountains that opened the way for Boer settlement into the interior during the Great Trek.
E35017 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Crossing of the Drakensberg | Statement: [Great Trek, significantEvent, Crossing of the Drakensberg]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crossing of the Drakensberg
Context triple: [Great Trek, significantEvent, Crossing of the Drakensberg]
  • A. Orange River Trek
    The Orange River Trek was a segment of the 19th-century Great Trek in which Boer settlers migrated across the Orange River to escape British rule and establish independent communities in the interior of southern Africa.
  • B. Great Trek
    The Great Trek was a 19th-century migration of Dutch-speaking Afrikaner settlers who moved inland from the British-controlled Cape Colony to establish independent Boer republics in southern Africa.
  • C. Zambezi Valley
    The Zambezi Valley is a vast, wildlife-rich river valley in southern Africa, known for its dramatic landscapes along the Zambezi River and protected areas such as Mana Pools.
  • D. Mapocho River
    The Mapocho River is a major waterway flowing through the city of Santiago, Chile, historically central to its development and urban landscape.
  • E. uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park
    uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park is a renowned mountainous protected area in South Africa celebrated for its dramatic basalt cliffs, rich biodiversity, and extensive San rock art.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Crossing of the Drakensberg
Triple: [Great Trek, significantEvent, Crossing of the Drakensberg]
Generated description
The Crossing of the Drakensberg was a pivotal 1830s Voortrekker passage over South Africa’s Drakensberg mountains that opened the way for Boer settlement into the interior during the Great Trek.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crossing of the Drakensberg
Target entity description: The Crossing of the Drakensberg was a pivotal 1830s Voortrekker passage over South Africa’s Drakensberg mountains that opened the way for Boer settlement into the interior during the Great Trek.
  • A. Orange River Trek
    The Orange River Trek was a segment of the 19th-century Great Trek in which Boer settlers migrated across the Orange River to escape British rule and establish independent communities in the interior of southern Africa.
  • B. Great Trek
    The Great Trek was a 19th-century migration of Dutch-speaking Afrikaner settlers who moved inland from the British-controlled Cape Colony to establish independent Boer republics in southern Africa.
  • C. Zambezi Valley
    The Zambezi Valley is a vast, wildlife-rich river valley in southern Africa, known for its dramatic landscapes along the Zambezi River and protected areas such as Mana Pools.
  • D. Mapocho River
    The Mapocho River is a major waterway flowing through the city of Santiago, Chile, historically central to its development and urban landscape.
  • E. uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park
    uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park is a renowned mountainous protected area in South Africa celebrated for its dramatic basalt cliffs, rich biodiversity, and extensive San rock art.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69a258dd8ea08190ac554a1cc8dfd8c3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25d8c7f448190af9145256f994177 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a38b8e36b481909f9a039236e663df completed March 1, 2026, 12:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a38bf7a0008190ba086ca136571c1f completed March 1, 2026, 12:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a38c4691688190a552e40747baa464 completed March 1, 2026, 12:45 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.