Triple
T10295561
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zimbabwe–Zambia border |
E241475
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalColonialEntityOnZimbabweSide |
P92964
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Southern Rhodesia |
E152880
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Southern Rhodesia | Statement: [Zimbabwe–Zambia border, historicalColonialEntityOnZimbabweSide, Southern Rhodesia]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Rhodesia Context triple: [Zimbabwe–Zambia border, historicalColonialEntityOnZimbabweSide, Southern Rhodesia]
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A.
Rhodesia
chosen
Rhodesia was an unrecognized, white-minority-ruled state in southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979 in the territory of modern-day Zimbabwe.
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B.
Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia was a former British protectorate in south-central Africa that later became the independent nation of Zambia in 1964.
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C.
Nyasaland
Nyasaland was a former British protectorate in southeastern Africa that later became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964.
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D.
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was a mid-20th-century semi-autonomous colonial union in southern Africa that combined the territories of modern-day Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi under British rule.
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E.
South Rhodes
South Rhodes is a municipal unit on the island of Rhodes in Greece, known for its coastal villages, beaches, and relatively undeveloped natural landscapes.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: historicalColonialEntityOnZimbabweSide Context triple: [Zimbabwe–Zambia border, historicalColonialEntityOnZimbabweSide, Southern Rhodesia]
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A.
hasColonialHistoryWith
Indicates that one entity has a historical relationship of colonization or being colonized involving the other entity.
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B.
usedByColonialPower
Indicates that something is employed or exploited as a tool, resource, or mechanism by a colonial power in the context of domination or control.
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C.
hasCapitalDuringColonialPeriod
Indicates that a specified location served as the capital of a political entity during its colonial period.
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D.
hasColonialHistory
Indicates that an entity has experienced or participated in a period of colonial rule, control, or administration in relation to another entity.
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E.
periodOfColonialRule
Indicates the time span during which one political power exercised colonial control over another territory or people.
- 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_69d381aaafc08190af475ef58dc16aba |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4d2ea9b3c8190b11518b259d5825c |
completed | April 7, 2026, 9:48 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d71d23f49081909aea149c6b219354 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 3:29 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69d4d1f35e548190be3b4d92d65d2d20 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 9:44 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69d4d29d7cf08190acd70cee634c5cdb |
completed | April 7, 2026, 9:47 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:43 a.m.