Triple
T10136218
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Modder River |
E226860
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entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Battle of the Modder River
The Battle of the Modder River was a major engagement of the Second Boer War in November 1899, in which British forces attempted to relieve the besieged town of Kimberley by attacking Boer defensive positions along the Modder River in South Africa.
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E848564
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Battle of the Modder River | Statement: [Battle of Modder River, alsoKnownAs, Battle of the Modder River]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of the Modder River Context triple: [Battle of Modder River, alsoKnownAs, Battle of the Modder River]
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A.
Battle of Bronkhorstspruit
The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit was an 1880 engagement in the Transvaal where Boer forces ambushed and decisively defeated a British column early in the First Boer War.
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B.
Battle of Ysterspruit
The Battle of Ysterspruit was a Second Boer War engagement in 1902 in which Boer forces under General Koos de la Rey ambushed and defeated a British column in the western Transvaal.
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C.
Battle of De Klipdrift
The Battle of De Klipdrift, better known as the Battle of Tweebosch, was a significant engagement during the Second Boer War in 1902 in which Boer forces under Koos de la Rey inflicted a major defeat on the British army.
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D.
Battle of Hlobane
The Battle of Hlobane was a 1879 engagement during the Anglo-Zulu War in which Zulu forces inflicted a significant defeat on a British-led mounted column amid rugged mountainous terrain in Zululand.
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E.
Battle of Elandslaagte
The Battle of Elandslaagte was an early engagement of the Second Boer War in October 1899, in which British forces attacked and defeated a Boer commando near Ladysmith in Natal.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Battle of the Modder River Triple: [Battle of Modder River, alsoKnownAs, Battle of the Modder River]
Generated description
The Battle of the Modder River was a major engagement of the Second Boer War in November 1899, in which British forces attempted to relieve the besieged town of Kimberley by attacking Boer defensive positions along the Modder River in South Africa.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of the Modder River Target entity description: The Battle of the Modder River was a major engagement of the Second Boer War in November 1899, in which British forces attempted to relieve the besieged town of Kimberley by attacking Boer defensive positions along the Modder River in South Africa.
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A.
Battle of Bronkhorstspruit
The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit was an 1880 engagement in the Transvaal where Boer forces ambushed and decisively defeated a British column early in the First Boer War.
-
B.
Battle of Ysterspruit
The Battle of Ysterspruit was a Second Boer War engagement in 1902 in which Boer forces under General Koos de la Rey ambushed and defeated a British column in the western Transvaal.
-
C.
Battle of De Klipdrift
The Battle of De Klipdrift, better known as the Battle of Tweebosch, was a significant engagement during the Second Boer War in 1902 in which Boer forces under Koos de la Rey inflicted a major defeat on the British army.
-
D.
Battle of Hlobane
The Battle of Hlobane was a 1879 engagement during the Anglo-Zulu War in which Zulu forces inflicted a significant defeat on a British-led mounted column amid rugged mountainous terrain in Zululand.
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E.
Battle of Elandslaagte
The Battle of Elandslaagte was an early engagement of the Second Boer War in October 1899, in which British forces attacked and defeated a Boer commando near Ladysmith in Natal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69ca8433ec308190b8b25a6fe359c34c |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cde87fae288190bb4f13e1ae90f50a |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:54 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d3699166dc81908643c52879405718 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 8:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d37540b60c8190a52b03c57b4e3708 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 8:56 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d3763948188190a47f48076fc767cb |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:06 p.m.