Triple
T11331841
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bulawayo–Plumtree–Francistown route |
E268360
|
entity |
| Predicate | borderTown |
P39988
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Plumtree |
E54574
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Plumtree | Statement: [Bulawayo–Plumtree–Francistown route, borderTown, Plumtree]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plumtree Context triple: [Bulawayo–Plumtree–Francistown route, borderTown, Plumtree]
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A.
Plumtree
chosen
Plumtree is a small border town in southwestern Zimbabwe that serves as a key road and rail gateway between Zimbabwe and Botswana.
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B.
Lotus Domino
Lotus Domino is IBM's enterprise-grade server platform that provides email, collaboration, and application hosting services for Lotus Notes and web clients.
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C.
PeopleSoft
PeopleSoft is an enterprise software company best known for its human resources and financial management applications, later integrated into Oracle’s product portfolio.
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D.
Intershop
Intershop was a chain of hard-currency retail stores in East Germany where Western goods could be purchased, primarily aimed at foreigners and citizens with access to foreign currency.
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E.
Sostrata
Sostrata is a character in Niccolò Machiavelli’s comedic play "The Mandrake," depicted as the mother of Lucrezia and a figure entangled in the play’s schemes surrounding fertility and deception.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: borderTown Context triple: [Bulawayo–Plumtree–Francistown route, borderTown, Plumtree]
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A.
borderTerminus
Indicates the endpoint location where a border between two areas or entities begins or ends.
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B.
borderCountrySide
Indicates that one country shares a land border with the side or region of another country.
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C.
borderTradePointWith
Indicates a location or facility where trade or commercial exchange occurs between two bordering regions or countries.
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D.
borderPostName
chosen
Indicates the specific name assigned to a border post where a boundary crossing or checkpoint is located.
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E.
nearBorderCrossing
Indicates that an entity is located close to a border crossing point between two regions or countries.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69d787afe5a48190b8af1a3e19529641 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 11:04 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.