Triple
T4532644
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Siege of Mafeking |
E106332
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British campaign in the western theatre of the Second Boer War
The British campaign in the western theatre of the Second Boer War was a series of military operations in the western regions of South Africa aimed at relieving besieged towns and countering Boer forces during the 1899–1902 conflict.
|
E231927
|
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 campaign in the western theatre of the Second Boer War | Statement: [Siege of Mafeking, partOf, British campaign in the western theatre of the Second Boer War]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British campaign in the western theatre of the Second Boer War Context triple: [Siege of Mafeking, partOf, British campaign in the western theatre of the Second Boer War]
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A.
British forces in the Second Boer War
British forces in the Second Boer War were the imperial troops of the United Kingdom that fought from 1899 to 1902 to suppress the Boer republics in South Africa and secure British control over the region.
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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.
Western Transvaal campaign
The Western Transvaal campaign was a phase of the Second Boer War marked by mobile guerrilla fighting between British forces and Boer commandos in the western part of the Transvaal region of South Africa.
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D.
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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E.
South-West Africa Campaign
The South-West Africa Campaign was a World War I military operation in which South African forces invaded and defeated German colonial rule in present-day Namibia.
- 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 campaign in the western theatre of the Second Boer War Triple: [Siege of Mafeking, partOf, British campaign in the western theatre of the Second Boer War]
Generated description
The British campaign in the western theatre of the Second Boer War was a series of military operations in the western regions of South Africa aimed at relieving besieged towns and countering Boer forces during the 1899–1902 conflict.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British campaign in the western theatre of the Second Boer War Target entity description: The British campaign in the western theatre of the Second Boer War was a series of military operations in the western regions of South Africa aimed at relieving besieged towns and countering Boer forces during the 1899–1902 conflict.
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A.
British forces in the Second Boer War
British forces in the Second Boer War were the imperial troops of the United Kingdom that fought from 1899 to 1902 to suppress the Boer republics in South Africa and secure British control over the region.
-
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.
-
C.
Western Transvaal campaign
chosen
The Western Transvaal campaign was a phase of the Second Boer War marked by mobile guerrilla fighting between British forces and Boer commandos in the western part of the Transvaal region of South Africa.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
South-West Africa Campaign
The South-West Africa Campaign was a World War I military operation in which South African forces invaded and defeated German colonial rule in present-day Namibia.
- F. None of above.
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_69bd43f3d6e08190a91824f833d51bbe |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd579f27ac8190ae9a4252109e56e1 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bdace3a81c8190963ea65fa3df23c0 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 8:24 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bdad6a522c8190a490347d3fe623e8 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 8:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bdadd612a48190b088fe6ac894dbb5 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 8:28 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:03 p.m.