Triple
T789859
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dominions of the British Empire |
E16887
|
entity |
| Predicate | appliedTo |
P1129
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Southern Rhodesia (briefly, in some usages) |
E1143
|
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: Southern Rhodesia (briefly, in some usages) | Statement: [Dominions of the British Empire, appliedTo, Southern Rhodesia (briefly, in some usages)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Rhodesia (briefly, in some usages) Context triple: [Dominions of the British Empire, appliedTo, Southern Rhodesia (briefly, in some usages)]
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A.
Zimbabwe
chosen
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa known for its dramatic landscapes, diverse wildlife, and historical sites such as Victoria Falls and the Great Zimbabwe ruins.
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B.
Transvaal
Transvaal was a former Boer republic and later British colony in what is now northeastern South Africa, central to the conflicts and politics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Matabeleland
Matabeleland is a historical region in southwestern Zimbabwe, traditionally inhabited by the Ndebele people and centered around the city of Bulawayo.
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D.
southeastern Zimbabwe
Southeastern Zimbabwe is a predominantly rural region of Zimbabwe that includes the historic city of Masvingo and parts of the country’s lowveld and Great Zimbabwe heritage area.
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E.
Mashonaland region
Mashonaland region is a historical and agricultural region in northern Zimbabwe that includes the capital city, Harare, and is a key center of the country’s population and political life.
- 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_69a4936cb7448190914f5fe4b8d81607 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a7841b0c8190859ecd247e32c6ec |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a67880f9608190b0676eb47ea99ca1 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 5:58 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.