Triple
T7285552
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shark Island |
E163856
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | German South West Africa |
E14828
|
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: German South West Africa | Statement: [Shark Island, partOf, German South West Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German South West Africa Context triple: [Shark Island, partOf, German South West Africa]
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A.
German East Africa
German East Africa was a former German colonial territory in East Africa, encompassing present-day Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and parts of Mozambique, that existed from the late 19th century until the end of World War I.
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B.
Portuguese East Africa
Portuguese East Africa was a former Portuguese colony in southeastern Africa, largely corresponding to present-day Mozambique.
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C.
South African Republic
The South African Republic, also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled state in southern Africa during the 19th century that later became part of modern South Africa.
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D.
Namibia
chosen
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.
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E.
Bechuanaland Protectorate
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.
- 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_69c6886093b88190a254b1ce6db8bae7 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6eb51a8bc8190a3e1ec09ee1aeb38 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7fa702e508190a2a88d497c4ef9be |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:57 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:59 p.m.