Triple
T5238716
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | South African Republic |
E118286
|
entity |
| Predicate | borderedBy |
P224
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Bechuanaland |
E221706
|
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: Bechuanaland | Statement: [South African Republic, borderedBy, Bechuanaland]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bechuanaland Context triple: [South African Republic, borderedBy, Bechuanaland]
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A.
Bechuanaland Protectorate
chosen
The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a British colonial territory in Southern Africa that existed from the late 19th century until it gained independence as the Republic of Botswana in 1966.
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B.
Rhodesia
Rhodesia was an unrecognized, white-minority-ruled state in southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979 in the territory of modern-day Zimbabwe.
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C.
Botswana
Botswana is a landlocked country in Southern Africa known for its stable democracy, significant diamond resources, and vast wildlife-rich landscapes including the Okavango Delta.
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D.
Lesotho
Lesotho is a small, landlocked constitutional monarchy in Southern Africa, entirely surrounded by South Africa and known for its mountainous terrain and high-altitude settlements.
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E.
Namibia
Namibia is a sparsely populated country in southwestern Africa known for its dramatic desert landscapes, diverse wildlife, and a legal system influenced by Roman-Dutch law.
- 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_69bd4467db0881909b3b0982df32cc8f |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd7b290b88819095bc99c234260d25 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bef823afd88190a3a41e7fff09d449 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:57 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:49 p.m.