Triple
T10861930
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Paardeberg |
E256425
|
entity |
| Predicate | theatre |
P671
|
FINISHED |
| Object | South African theatre of the Second Boer War |
E847492
|
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: South African theatre of the Second Boer War | Statement: [Battle of Paardeberg, theatre, South African theatre of the Second Boer War]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African theatre of the Second Boer War Context triple: [Battle of Paardeberg, theatre, South African theatre of the Second Boer War]
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A.
South African theatre of the Second Boer War
chosen
The South African theatre of the Second Boer War was the primary land campaign area in southern Africa where British imperial forces and Boer republic commandos fought a series of mobile engagements, sieges, and guerrilla actions between 1899 and 1902.
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B.
Cape Colony theatre of the Second Boer War
The Cape Colony theatre of the Second Boer War was the southern front of the conflict in which British and Boer forces fought for control of the Cape Colony’s strategic towns, railways, and resources.
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C.
Natal theatre of the Second Boer War
The Natal theatre of the Second Boer War was the campaign area in the British colony of Natal where key early battles and sieges between British forces and Boer commandos took place from 1899 to 1900.
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D.
Orange Free State theatre of Second Boer War
The Orange Free State theatre of the Second Boer War was the region within the Boer republic of the Orange Free State where major military operations and battles between British and Boer forces took place from 1899 to 1902.
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E.
African theatre of World War I
The African theatre of World War I comprised the campaigns and battles fought across various African colonies, where Allied and Central Powers clashed primarily over control of German colonial territories.
- 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_69d6aa83d1448190a66d93c32394d21f |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7515238108190a72eb8cd147f223d |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69dff7d350748190821a4413c1eb7106 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 8:40 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:20 p.m.