Triple
T3844951
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mthatha |
E93546
|
entity |
| Predicate | wasCapitalOf |
P3417
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Transkei bantustan |
E251004
|
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: Transkei bantustan | Statement: [Mthatha, wasCapitalOf, Transkei bantustan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Transkei bantustan Context triple: [Mthatha, wasCapitalOf, Transkei bantustan]
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A.
KwaZulu homeland
KwaZulu homeland was a former apartheid-era Bantustan in South Africa designated for Zulu people before being reincorporated into the modern province of KwaZulu-Natal.
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B.
South African Republic
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.
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C.
Transkei
chosen
Transkei was a former bantustan in southeastern South Africa, established under apartheid as a nominally self-governing territory primarily for Xhosa-speaking peoples.
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D.
Rhodesia
Rhodesia was an unrecognized, white-minority-ruled state in southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979 in the territory of modern-day Zimbabwe.
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E.
Orange Free State
The Orange Free State was a 19th-century independent Boer republic in southern Africa that later became a British colony following the Second Boer War.
- 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_69aed96ce578819084ab16e3439976c9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeebb655c081909ec5ff3d09eb4778 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5122ba6a4819099986e50f42f2a92 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:45 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:18 p.m.