Triple
T3580731
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Majuba Hill |
E75791
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedEvent |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Siege of Pretoria (1880–1881) |
E367362
|
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: Siege of Pretoria (1880–1881) | Statement: [Battle of Majuba Hill, relatedEvent, Siege of Pretoria (1880–1881)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Pretoria (1880–1881) Context triple: [Battle of Majuba Hill, relatedEvent, Siege of Pretoria (1880–1881)]
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A.
Siege of Pretoria
chosen
The Siege of Pretoria was a key early engagement of the First Boer War in 1880–1881, during which Boer forces surrounded and blockaded the British-held town of Pretoria in the Transvaal.
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B.
Siege of Kimberley
The Siege of Kimberley was a key early engagement of the Second Boer War in which Boer forces surrounded the diamond-mining town of Kimberley, South Africa, prompting a prolonged British defense and a high-profile relief effort.
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C.
Siege of Ladysmith
The Siege of Ladysmith was a major engagement of the Second Boer War (1899–1902) in which British forces were encircled and besieged by Boer commandos in the town of Ladysmith in present-day South Africa.
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D.
Siege of Mafeking
The Siege of Mafeking was a famous 217-day Boer War siege of a British-held town in South Africa whose relief became a major propaganda victory and symbol of British resilience.
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E.
British occupation of Bloemfontein
The British occupation of Bloemfontein was a key phase of the Second Boer War during which British forces captured and held the Orange Free State capital, marking a major strategic and symbolic setback for the Boer republics.
- 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_69ad85d6dc3c8190b491b79b83e25461 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc101738c81908d38987f8fa291ef |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:33 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b402f36b2481909d4716e72a696e0d |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:28 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:21 p.m.