Triple
T334841
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Natal Colony |
E6701
|
entity |
| Predicate | significantEvent |
P259
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Anglo-Zulu War |
E42620
|
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: Anglo-Zulu War | Statement: [Natal Colony, significantEvent, Anglo-Zulu War]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anglo-Zulu War Context triple: [Natal Colony, significantEvent, Anglo-Zulu War]
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A.
Boer Wars
The Boer Wars were two late 19th- and early 20th-century conflicts in South Africa between the British Empire and the Boer republics, pivotal in shaping modern South African history and British imperial policy.
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B.
Second Boer War
The Second Boer War was a late 19th–early 20th century conflict in South Africa between the British Empire and the Boer republics, notable for its guerrilla warfare, concentration camps, and role in shaping modern South African and British imperial history.
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C.
First Boer War
The First Boer War was an 1880–1881 conflict in which Boer settlers successfully resisted British control in the Transvaal, leading to a brief restoration of Boer independence in South Africa.
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D.
Battle of Isandlwana (near its borders, involving colonial forces)
chosen
The Battle of Isandlwana was a major 1879 engagement of the Anglo-Zulu War in which Zulu forces inflicted a devastating defeat on British colonial troops in southern Africa.
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E.
Battle of Blood River
The Battle of Blood River was a decisive 1838 clash in which Voortrekker forces defeated the Zulu Kingdom in present-day South Africa, significantly shaping the region’s colonial and Afrikaner nationalist history.
- 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_69a2e79434908190a9d5afe415153ad9 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2eac641708190b85fa21368e5de8e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3d4e3dbc8819097e96187ba20dcb0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:55 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.