Triple
T4532652
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Siege of Mafeking |
E106332
|
entity |
| Predicate | theatre |
P671
|
FINISHED |
| Object | western Transvaal |
E14155
|
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: western Transvaal | Statement: [Siege of Mafeking, theatre, western Transvaal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: western Transvaal Context triple: [Siege of Mafeking, theatre, western Transvaal]
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A.
Transvaal
chosen
Transvaal was a former Boer republic and later British colony in what is now northeastern South Africa, central to the conflicts and politics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Highveld
The Highveld is a high-altitude grassland plateau in central South Africa known for its extensive farming, mining, and major cities such as Johannesburg and Pretoria.
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C.
North West Province
North West Province is a largely rural, mining- and agriculture-focused province in north-central South Africa, bordering Botswana and known for sites such as Sun City and the Pilanesberg Game Reserve.
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D.
Cape Province
Cape Province was a former large administrative region of South Africa that existed from the early 20th century until its division into several smaller provinces in 1994.
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E.
Limpopo Province
Limpopo Province is South Africa’s northernmost province, known for its rich wildlife, cultural diversity, and extensive agricultural and mining activities.
- 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_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. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:03 p.m.