Triple
T4098284
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Jameson Raid |
E87875
|
entity |
| Predicate | participant |
P858
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British South Africa Company forces
The British South Africa Company forces were the private colonial troops of Cecil Rhodes’s chartered company, used to expand and police British interests in southern Africa in the late 19th century.
|
E412659
|
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: British South Africa Company forces | Statement: [Jameson Raid, participant, British South Africa Company forces]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British South Africa Company forces Context triple: [Jameson Raid, participant, British South Africa Company forces]
-
A.
Zulu Army
The Zulu Army was the highly disciplined and formidable military force of the Zulu Kingdom in southern Africa, renowned for its tactical innovations and major victories during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
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B.
Boer forces
Boer forces were the predominantly mounted, guerrilla-style republican commandos of the South African Boers that fought against the British Empire during the Anglo-Boer Wars.
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C.
West African Frontier Force
The West African Frontier Force was a British colonial military force composed largely of African soldiers from West Africa, used for imperial defense and campaigns in Africa and beyond during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
King's African Rifles
The King's African Rifles was a multi-battalion British colonial regiment recruited from East and Central Africa that served prominently in both World Wars and various regional campaigns.
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E.
South African Army
The South African Army is the land warfare branch of South Africa’s military, known for its role in regional African conflicts and peacekeeping operations.
- 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: British South Africa Company forces Triple: [Jameson Raid, participant, British South Africa Company forces]
Generated description
The British South Africa Company forces were the private colonial troops of Cecil Rhodes’s chartered company, used to expand and police British interests in southern Africa in the late 19th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British South Africa Company forces Target entity description: The British South Africa Company forces were the private colonial troops of Cecil Rhodes’s chartered company, used to expand and police British interests in southern Africa in the late 19th century.
-
A.
Zulu Army
The Zulu Army was the highly disciplined and formidable military force of the Zulu Kingdom in southern Africa, renowned for its tactical innovations and major victories during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
-
B.
Boer forces
Boer forces were the predominantly mounted, guerrilla-style republican commandos of the South African Boers that fought against the British Empire during the Anglo-Boer Wars.
-
C.
West African Frontier Force
The West African Frontier Force was a British colonial military force composed largely of African soldiers from West Africa, used for imperial defense and campaigns in Africa and beyond during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
D.
King's African Rifles
The King's African Rifles was a multi-battalion British colonial regiment recruited from East and Central Africa that served prominently in both World Wars and various regional campaigns.
-
E.
South African Army
The South African Army is the land warfare branch of South Africa’s military, known for its role in regional African conflicts and peacekeeping operations.
- 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_69aed94564cc8190a9c1457daedb6e7f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefce017708190a4d33753fd32a7bb |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:01 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b56b725788819091c6aaeccfb86964 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b56c5bb12881908cf2c74d68ecd5b6 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b56cc2ae948190a5e13992626dd547 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:40 p.m.