Triple

T5825670
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mfecane E129216 entity
Predicate hasKeyFigure P810 FINISHED
Object Soshangane
Soshangane was a 19th-century Nguni military leader who founded the Gaza Empire in southeastern Africa during the upheavals of the Mfecane.
 E552132 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: Soshangane | Statement: [Mfecane, hasKeyFigure, Soshangane]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Soshangane
Context triple: [Mfecane, hasKeyFigure, Soshangane]
  • A. Soshanguve
    Soshanguve is a large township in the northern part of the Gauteng province of South Africa, known for its diverse population and proximity to Pretoria.
  • B. Chindau
    Chindau is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Ndau people in parts of Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
  • C. Oshikwanyama
    Oshikwanyama is a Bantu language variety spoken primarily in northern Namibia and southern Angola, recognized as one of the major dialects of Oshiwambo.
  • D. Silozi
    Silozi is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Lozi people of western Zambia and surrounding regions.
  • E. Makgoba
    Makgoba is a South African surname most prominently associated with Thabo Makgoba, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town.
  • 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: Soshangane
Triple: [Mfecane, hasKeyFigure, Soshangane]
Generated description
Soshangane was a 19th-century Nguni military leader who founded the Gaza Empire in southeastern Africa during the upheavals of the Mfecane.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Soshangane
Target entity description: Soshangane was a 19th-century Nguni military leader who founded the Gaza Empire in southeastern Africa during the upheavals of the Mfecane.
  • A. Soshanguve
    Soshanguve is a large township in the northern part of the Gauteng province of South Africa, known for its diverse population and proximity to Pretoria.
  • B. Chindau
    Chindau is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Ndau people in parts of Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
  • C. Oshikwanyama
    Oshikwanyama is a Bantu language variety spoken primarily in northern Namibia and southern Angola, recognized as one of the major dialects of Oshiwambo.
  • D. Silozi
    Silozi is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Lozi people of western Zambia and surrounding regions.
  • E. Makgoba
    Makgoba is a South African surname most prominently associated with Thabo Makgoba, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69c00849d55481908b4f9f5543e0bf6d completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0341a85988190be988f1c0722da66 completed March 22, 2026, 6:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0b0e85cbc8190ad75d4a8246fbe43 completed March 23, 2026, 3:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0b1fabe448190be7d93b1f8c17c2a completed March 23, 2026, 3:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0b29d6048819086c4d4cd01c64a51 completed March 23, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:53 p.m.