Triple
T7128966
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kalanga people |
E166136
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalAssociation |
P1481
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Great Zimbabwe cultural sphere |
E39507
|
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: Great Zimbabwe cultural sphere | Statement: [Kalanga people, historicalAssociation, Great Zimbabwe cultural sphere]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Zimbabwe cultural sphere Context triple: [Kalanga people, historicalAssociation, Great Zimbabwe cultural sphere]
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A.
Kingdom of Mapungubwe
The Kingdom of Mapungubwe was a precolonial southern African state (c. 11th–13th century) known for its advanced society, extensive trade networks, and sophisticated gold-working centered near the Limpopo and Shashe rivers.
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B.
Nguni–Tsonga cultural complex
The Nguni–Tsonga cultural complex is a broad Southern African cultural-linguistic grouping that encompasses and connects related Nguni and Tsonga-speaking peoples through shared historical, social, and cultural traditions.
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C.
Great Zimbabwe
chosen
Great Zimbabwe is a medieval city in southeastern Zimbabwe renowned for its monumental stone structures and as the center of a powerful Shona-speaking kingdom that dominated regional trade between the 11th and 15th centuries.
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D.
Zulu Kingdom
The Zulu Kingdom was a powerful 19th-century southern African monarchy known for its centralized military system, expansion under King Shaka, and major conflicts with British colonial powers.
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E.
Eastern Bantu
Eastern Bantu is a major subgroup of the Bantu languages spoken primarily in eastern and parts of central and southern Africa, encompassing numerous related languages and dialects.
- 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_69c6888350588190870cd552b427a1cd |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e66c87848190b0ffd08e3c3f4877 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7a33bf244819096db1351ebf62413 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:45 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:44 p.m.