Triple
T4737420
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Siege of Kimberley |
E105157
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedPlace |
P1481
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Cape Colony rail network |
E139507
|
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: Cape Colony rail network | Statement: [Siege of Kimberley, associatedPlace, Cape Colony rail network]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cape Colony rail network Context triple: [Siege of Kimberley, associatedPlace, Cape Colony rail network]
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A.
Savanna railway
The Savanna railway is a historic Colombian rail line that serves the Bogotá savanna region, including the town of Zipaquirá, and is now best known for its tourist and heritage train services.
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B.
South African national rail network
chosen
The South African national rail network is the country’s primary railway system, linking major cities, ports, and industrial centers for both passenger and freight transport.
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C.
Botswana rail network
The Botswana rail network is the system of railway lines that serves as a key freight and passenger transport backbone within Botswana and links the country to neighboring states in Southern Africa.
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D.
Takargo Rail
Takargo Rail is a Portuguese freight railway company that operates cargo transport services across the national rail network and into neighboring countries.
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E.
Durban–Johannesburg corridor
The Durban–Johannesburg corridor is a major South African transport and economic artery linking the coastal port city of Durban with the inland metropolis of Johannesburg.
- 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_69bd43ee52048190b81a4f066534ffb3 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd64844b7081909c9d36e4b461379e |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be10b49b90819091c3ab38e976baeb |
completed | March 21, 2026, 3:29 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:19 p.m.