Triple

T10087467
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Spion Kop E215256 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Spion Kop E841075 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Spion Kop | Statement: [Battle of Spion Kop, alsoKnownAs, Spion Kop]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spion Kop
Context triple: [Battle of Spion Kop, alsoKnownAs, Spion Kop]
  • A. Spion Kop chosen
    Spion Kop is a prominent hill in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, best known as the site of a major and bloody battle during the Second Boer War.
  • B. Paardeberg
    Paardeberg was a key battle of the Second Boer War in 1900, where British and colonial forces encircled and forced the surrender of a major Boer army in South Africa.
  • C. Salvokop Hill
    Salvokop Hill is a prominent elevation in Pretoria, South Africa, known as the site of the national heritage complex Freedom Park.
  • D. Piekberg
    Piekberg is a low, wooded hill on the German island of Rügen, notable as its highest natural elevation.
  • E. Magersfontein kopje
    Magersfontein kopje is a prominent hill in South Africa notable as the central defensive position of Boer forces during the Second Boer War’s Battle of Magersfontein.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca83a1eed081908b2e9580f2ebeea7 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cdd04875748190a81d1e9ad68dda96 ner completed
NED1 batch_69d2cbd822a08190841e51862e5e1e27 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:01 p.m.