Triple
T10125347
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Natal Colony |
E226200
|
entity |
| Predicate | ethnicGroup |
P194
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Afrikaners |
E1706
|
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: Afrikaners | Statement: [Natal Colony, ethnicGroup, Afrikaners]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Afrikaners Context triple: [Natal Colony, ethnicGroup, Afrikaners]
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A.
Afrikaners
chosen
Afrikaners are a South African ethnic group descended primarily from Dutch settlers, known for speaking Afrikaans and playing a central role in the country’s colonial and apartheid-era history.
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B.
Griqua people
The Griqua people are a mixed-race, Afrikaans-speaking community in South Africa with roots in Khoikhoi, European, and other ancestries, known for forming semi-independent polities during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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C.
White South Africans
White South Africans are a diverse population group in South Africa, largely descended from Dutch, British, and other European settlers, historically associated with political and economic dominance under colonialism and apartheid.
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D.
Herero
Herero is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Herero people of Namibia and neighboring countries.
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E.
Khoisan peoples
The Khoisan peoples are indigenous ethnic groups of southern Africa known for their ancient hunter-gatherer and pastoralist traditions and distinctive click-language families.
- 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_69ca843057b48190a86730167f5d6b98 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdd2ed85b4819097dfe89e044e1a90 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 2:22 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d2cc5cb62081908f4725de14916c11 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 8:55 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:05 p.m.