Triple
T6975019
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zambia Railways network |
E161694
|
entity |
| Predicate | linksToRailway |
P848
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Botswana Railways (via Kazungula area corridor) |
E268359
|
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: Botswana Railways (via Kazungula area corridor) | Statement: [Zambia Railways network, linksToRailway, Botswana Railways (via Kazungula area corridor)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Botswana Railways (via Kazungula area corridor) Context triple: [Zambia Railways network, linksToRailway, Botswana Railways (via Kazungula area corridor)]
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A.
Botswana rail network
chosen
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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B.
Zambia Railways network
The Zambia Railways network is the national railway system of Zambia, linking major cities, mining regions, and neighboring countries for freight and passenger transport.
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C.
Tanzania–Zambia Railway (TAZARA)
The Tanzania–Zambia Railway (TAZARA) is a major bi-national rail line built with Chinese assistance that links landlocked Zambia to the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam, serving as a key transport and trade corridor in East and Southern Africa.
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D.
Lusaka–Malawi transport corridor
The Lusaka–Malawi transport corridor is a key regional route linking Zambia’s capital Lusaka with Malawi, facilitating cross-border trade and movement in southeastern Africa.
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E.
Mutare–Beira corridor to Mozambique
The Mutare–Beira corridor to Mozambique is a key regional transport route linking eastern Zimbabwe to the Mozambican port city of Beira, facilitating trade and transit between inland Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean.
- 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_69c68854a0d88190bc0bf82263f1afce |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e1d144648190b7e6558246b013e3 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c761a6bbdc81908c96871f151db279 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:31 p.m.