Triple
T10652351
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | King of the AbaThembu |
E251002
|
entity |
| Predicate | appliesToEthnicGroup |
P10927
|
FINISHED |
| Object | AbaThembu |
E275332
|
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: AbaThembu | Statement: [King of the AbaThembu, appliesToEthnicGroup, AbaThembu]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: AbaThembu Context triple: [King of the AbaThembu, appliesToEthnicGroup, AbaThembu]
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A.
Thembu
chosen
The Thembu are a Xhosa-speaking South African ethnic group historically known as one of the prominent chiefdoms in the Eastern Cape region.
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B.
Nquthu
Nquthu is a small town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, known for its rural character and historical significance in the region.
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C.
Thembu kingdom
The Thembu kingdom is a traditional Xhosa-speaking monarchy in South Africa, historically based in the Eastern Cape and known as the ancestral realm of prominent leaders including Nelson Mandela.
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D.
Makgoba
Makgoba is a South African surname most prominently associated with Thabo Makgoba, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town.
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E.
Ndwandwe
Ndwandwe was a powerful Nguni-speaking kingdom in southeastern Africa that rivaled the Mthethwa and played a major role in the early 19th-century upheavals that led to the rise of the Zulu state.
- 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_69d6aa5a4c4881908f39be6efe5981e5 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d6dff78ec88190a4d1863fe87245f6 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 11:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d988530f288190b8150d159f723a74 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:31 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:06 p.m.