Triple
T4895148
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Commandant-General of the South African Republic |
E109657
|
entity |
| Predicate | militaryBranch |
P253
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Boer forces |
E44414
|
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: Boer forces | Statement: [Commandant-General of the South African Republic, militaryBranch, Boer forces]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boer forces Context triple: [Commandant-General of the South African Republic, militaryBranch, Boer forces]
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A.
Boer forces
chosen
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
Boer general Koos de la Rey
Boer general Koos de la Rey was a renowned South African military leader of the Second Boer War, celebrated for his tactical brilliance and revered as one of the most formidable Boer commanders.
- 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_69bd4410bbf88190aad50d2451c863d6 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6e27cdf48190bb9bd13bd25b887e |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:56 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be6fc665e08190ae067746d6c19018 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:28 p.m.