Triple

T11331559
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shona uprisings of 1896–1897 E268354 entity
Predicate hasParticipant P149 FINISHED
Object Ndebele auxiliaries
The Ndebele auxiliaries were indigenous fighters from the Ndebele people who served as supporting troops for British colonial forces in late 19th-century conflicts in what is now Zimbabwe.
E918091 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Ndebele auxiliaries | Statement: [Shona uprisings of 1896–1897, hasParticipant, Ndebele auxiliaries]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ndebele auxiliaries
Context triple: [Shona uprisings of 1896–1897, hasParticipant, Ndebele auxiliaries]
  • A. South African Navy
    The South African Navy is the maritime warfare branch of South Africa’s military, responsible for defending the country’s territorial waters and maritime interests.
  • B. Zulu Army
    The Zulu Army was the highly disciplined and formidable military force of the Zulu Kingdom in southern Africa, renowned for its tactical innovations and major victories during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
  • C. Boer forces
    Boer forces were the predominantly mounted, guerrilla-style republican commandos of the South African Boers that fought against the British Empire during the Anglo-Boer Wars.
  • D. Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa
    The Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa was the colonial military force of the German Empire in present-day Namibia, used to enforce imperial rule and suppress local uprisings during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. SS Pretoria
    SS Pretoria was a German passenger liner later used as a transport ship during World War II, notably participating in the massive Baltic Sea evacuation effort.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Ndebele auxiliaries
Triple: [Shona uprisings of 1896–1897, hasParticipant, Ndebele auxiliaries]
Generated description
The Ndebele auxiliaries were indigenous fighters from the Ndebele people who served as supporting troops for British colonial forces in late 19th-century conflicts in what is now Zimbabwe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ndebele auxiliaries
Target entity description: The Ndebele auxiliaries were indigenous fighters from the Ndebele people who served as supporting troops for British colonial forces in late 19th-century conflicts in what is now Zimbabwe.
  • A. South African Navy
    The South African Navy is the maritime warfare branch of South Africa’s military, responsible for defending the country’s territorial waters and maritime interests.
  • B. Zulu Army
    The Zulu Army was the highly disciplined and formidable military force of the Zulu Kingdom in southern Africa, renowned for its tactical innovations and major victories during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
  • C. Boer forces
    Boer forces were the predominantly mounted, guerrilla-style republican commandos of the South African Boers that fought against the British Empire during the Anglo-Boer Wars.
  • D. Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa
    The Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa was the colonial military force of the German Empire in present-day Namibia, used to enforce imperial rule and suppress local uprisings during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. SS Pretoria
    SS Pretoria was a German passenger liner later used as a transport ship during World War II, notably participating in the massive Baltic Sea evacuation effort.
  • 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_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_69e526236b688190aca4f2400a12e726 completed April 19, 2026, 6:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e52c83768c819086ebfd870ad81998 completed April 19, 2026, 7:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e531d0ab5881909814160b86c8e76b completed April 19, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.