Triple
T9660550
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | German surrender at Khorab |
E233576
|
entity |
| Predicate | territorialChange |
P1701
|
FINISHED |
| Object | German South-West Africa came under South African military occupation |
E37026
|
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 came under South African military occupation | Statement: [German surrender at Khorab, territorialChange, German South-West Africa came under South African military occupation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German South-West Africa came under South African military occupation Context triple: [German surrender at Khorab, territorialChange, German South-West Africa came under South African military occupation]
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A.
South-West Africa Campaign
chosen
The South-West Africa Campaign was a World War I military operation in which South African forces invaded and defeated German colonial rule in present-day Namibia.
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B.
British Empire in South Africa
The British Empire in South Africa refers to the period of British colonial expansion, rule, and conflict in the region, including the annexation of territories and wars with Boer republics and indigenous peoples from the early 19th to early 20th centuries.
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C.
British Protectorate of Basutoland
The British Protectorate of Basutoland was a southern African territory under British colonial rule from the late 19th century until 1966, when it gained independence as the Kingdom of Lesotho.
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D.
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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E.
British South Africa
British South Africa refers to the territories in southern Africa that were under British colonial rule, including regions that later became countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi.
- 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_69ca848d3b6c8190ae98ea554dea58df |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9c08d0d0819086426ad6891b18db |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d18a0ff7548190ae438c4a334058ac |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:14 p.m.