Triple
T5825675
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mfecane |
E129216
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasKeyGroup |
P46138
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ndwandwe |
E555634
|
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: Ndwandwe | Statement: [Mfecane, hasKeyGroup, Ndwandwe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ndwandwe Context triple: [Mfecane, hasKeyGroup, Ndwandwe]
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A.
Ndwandwe
chosen
Ndwandwe was a powerful Nguni-speaking kingdom in southeastern Africa that rivaled the Mthethwa and played a major role in the early 19th-century upheavals that led to the rise of the Zulu state.
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B.
Thembu
The Thembu are a Xhosa-speaking South African ethnic group historically known as one of the prominent chiefdoms in the Eastern Cape region.
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C.
Makhuwa
Makhuwa is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in northern Mozambique by the Makhuwa people.
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D.
Mpondo
The Mpondo are a Southern African ethnic group closely related to the Xhosa, known for their distinct language variety, cultural traditions, and historical kingdom in what is now South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
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E.
Makgoba
Makgoba is a South African surname most prominently associated with Thabo Makgoba, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town.
- 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_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_69c0e35ad1a081908c908b6eef12d855 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 6:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:53 p.m.