Triple
T10191491
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Yzerspruit |
E238045
|
entity |
| Predicate | belligerent |
P375
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Boer forces |
E44414
|
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: Boer forces | Statement: [Battle of Yzerspruit, belligerent, Boer forces]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boer forces Context triple: [Battle of Yzerspruit, belligerent, Boer forces]
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A.
Boer forces
chosen
Boer forces were the predominantly mounted, guerrilla-style republican commandos of the South African Boers that fought against the British Empire during the Anglo-Boer Wars.
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B.
Zulu Army
The Zulu Army was the highly disciplined and formidable military force of the Zulu Kingdom in southern Africa, renowned for its tactical innovations and major victories during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
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C.
British South Africa Company forces
The British South Africa Company forces were the private colonial troops of Cecil Rhodes’s chartered company, used to expand and police British interests in southern Africa in the late 19th century.
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D.
Union Defence Force of South Africa
The Union Defence Force of South Africa was the unified military organization of the Union of South Africa from 1912 to 1957, participating in both World Wars and various regional campaigns before being restructured as the South African Defence Force.
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E.
Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa
The Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa was the colonial military force of the German Empire in present-day Namibia, used to enforce imperial rule and suppress local uprisings during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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_69ca84de1b208190bf17bb305b002605 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cded7eb1148190a2d175163685e233 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 4:15 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d317c0c22881909ed388721e80bafd |
completed | April 6, 2026, 2:17 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:13 p.m.