Triple
T11331551
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | First Matabele War |
E268353
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Matabele War of 1893 |
E268353
|
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: Matabele War of 1893 | Statement: [First Matabele War, alsoKnownAs, Matabele War of 1893]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matabele War of 1893 Context triple: [First Matabele War, alsoKnownAs, Matabele War of 1893]
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A.
First Matabele War
chosen
The First Matabele War was an 1893–1894 colonial conflict in what is now Zimbabwe, in which British-led forces defeated the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom and paved the way for white settler control of the region.
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B.
Second Matabele War
The Second Matabele War was an 1896–1897 uprising by the Ndebele (Matabele) people in what is now Zimbabwe against colonial rule, marking a major early resistance to British expansion in southern Africa.
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C.
Shona uprisings of 1896–1897
The Shona uprisings of 1896–1897 were a major anti-colonial revolt by the Shona people in what is now Zimbabwe, resisting European conquest and administration during the early period of British colonial rule.
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D.
Basuto Wars
The Basuto Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts in southern Africa between the Basotho people and neighboring Boer republics, primarily over land and political control.
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E.
Xhosa Wars
The Xhosa Wars were a series of 19th-century frontier conflicts in South Africa between the Xhosa peoples and European colonial powers, primarily the British, over land and political control in the Eastern Cape region.
- 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_69d7e9fd38308190a5458be1bfcc89ea |
completed | April 9, 2026, 6:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e5b7c700008190a2e6a3418248ea71 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.