Triple

T2685146
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gerard Moerdijk E57466 entity
Predicate regionOfInfluence P2828 FINISHED
Object South African Republic / Union of South Africa E118286 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: South African Republic / Union of South Africa | Statement: [Gerard Moerdijk, regionOfInfluence, South African Republic / Union of South Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African Republic / Union of South Africa
Context triple: [Gerard Moerdijk, regionOfInfluence, South African Republic / Union of South Africa]
  • A. South African Republic chosen
    The South African Republic, also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled state in southern Africa during the 19th century that later became part of modern South Africa.
  • B. Dominion of South Africa
    The Dominion of South Africa was a self-governing British dominion (1910–1961) that participated in both World Wars and formed the historical predecessor to the modern Republic of South Africa.
  • C. Boer Republic of Natalia
    The Boer Republic of Natalia was a short-lived 19th-century Boer-ruled republic in southeastern Africa that existed before being incorporated into British-controlled Natal.
  • D. Boer republics
    The Boer republics were independent, self-governing states established in the 19th century in southern Africa by Dutch-speaking Boer settlers who migrated inland from British-controlled territories.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69ab4a5028388190a36f3baf1588309e completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd9edba5c8190b86d6cba0f1964e2 completed March 7, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afa0700d548190944544495a2d42f6 completed March 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:54 p.m.