Triple
T11327510
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thembuland |
E268258
|
entity |
| Predicate | governedBy |
P46
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thembu royal house |
E877308
|
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: Thembu royal house | Statement: [Thembuland, governedBy, Thembu royal house]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thembu royal house Context triple: [Thembuland, governedBy, Thembu royal house]
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A.
Gcaleka royal house
The Gcaleka royal house is the ruling dynasty of the Gcaleka subgroup of the Xhosa people, traditionally serving as a central authority in their political and cultural leadership.
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B.
Khumalo dynasty
The Khumalo dynasty is the royal lineage of the Ndebele (Matabele) kingdom in southern Africa, from which rulers such as Lobengula Khumalo descended.
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C.
Zulu royal family
The Zulu royal family is the hereditary ruling dynasty of the Zulu people of South Africa, historically led by powerful kings such as Shaka and central to Zulu cultural and political identity.
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D.
Thembu kingdom
chosen
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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E.
Madikizela family
The Madikizela family is a South African Xhosa family best known for producing prominent anti-apartheid activist and political leader Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
- 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_69d6aacb1f0881908c84a349fd1be047 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e9e2253881909518cad0f12ef612 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 6:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e52608b7348190875597513ca1a995 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:59 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.