Triple

T11331842
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bulawayo–Plumtree–Francistown route E268360 entity
Predicate borderCrossing P4105 FINISHED
Object Zimbabwe–Botswana border E918101 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: Zimbabwe–Botswana border | Statement: [Bulawayo–Plumtree–Francistown route, borderCrossing, Zimbabwe–Botswana border]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Zimbabwe–Botswana border
Context triple: [Bulawayo–Plumtree–Francistown route, borderCrossing, Zimbabwe–Botswana border]
  • A. Zimbabwe–Botswana border chosen
    The Zimbabwe–Botswana border is the international boundary separating Zimbabwe and Botswana in southern Africa, marked by several road and rail crossings and running near key towns such as Plumtree and Francistown.
  • B. Zimbabwe–South Africa border
    The Zimbabwe–South Africa border is an international boundary in southern Africa separating Zimbabwe from South Africa, commonly crossed at the busy Beitbridge border post.
  • C. Zimbabwe–Zambia border
    The Zimbabwe–Zambia border is an international boundary in southern Africa that runs largely along the Zambezi River and includes the famous Victoria Falls.
  • D. South Africa–Mozambique border
    The South Africa–Mozambique border is an international boundary in southern Africa separating South Africa’s Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal provinces from Mozambique, crossing diverse landscapes and major transport and trade routes.
  • E. South Africa–Eswatini border
    The South Africa–Eswatini border is an international boundary in southern Africa separating the Kingdom of Eswatini from the Republic of South Africa, crossing varied terrain and linking multiple rural communities and transport routes.
  • 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_69e5432abfd081909d1bbf6460643fb9 completed April 19, 2026, 9:03 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.