Triple
T8021491
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | uMgungundlovu |
E186750
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Zulu Kingdom royal capital network |
E24606
|
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: Zulu Kingdom royal capital network | Statement: [uMgungundlovu, partOf, Zulu Kingdom royal capital network]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zulu Kingdom royal capital network Context triple: [uMgungundlovu, partOf, Zulu Kingdom royal capital network]
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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.
Mthethwa Paramountcy
The Mthethwa Paramountcy was a powerful pre-Zulu confederation of Nguni chiefdoms in southeastern Africa that laid the political and military foundations for the rise of the Zulu Kingdom.
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C.
Zulu Kingdom
chosen
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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D.
House of Dlamini
The House of Dlamini is the reigning royal dynasty of Eswatini, from which the country’s kings, including Mswati III, are descended.
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E.
Mutapa Kingdom
The Mutapa Kingdom was a powerful Shona state in south-central Africa, renowned for its control of regional gold trade and its political dominance following the decline of Great Zimbabwe.
- 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_69ca82ac7fc081909b1398cf025423af |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb3e8eab9c81908098e6b17957316c |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc56cdce588190abba45c24dc7a5e7 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:20 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:20 p.m.