Triple
T11331881
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Joshua Nkomo |
E268361
|
entity |
| Predicate | opponent |
P437
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ian Smith government |
E568965
|
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: Ian Smith government | Statement: [Joshua Nkomo, opponent, Ian Smith government]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian Smith government Context triple: [Joshua Nkomo, opponent, Ian Smith government]
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A.
Ian Smith
Ian Smith was the Prime Minister of Rhodesia best known for leading its white-minority government and issuing the Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain in 1965.
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B.
Government of Southern Rhodesia
The Government of Southern Rhodesia was the colonial administration that governed the self-governing British territory of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) prior to independence.
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C.
Government of Rhodesia
chosen
The Government of Rhodesia was the unrecognized white-minority regime that unilaterally declared independence from Britain in 1965 and ruled what is now Zimbabwe until majority rule was established in 1980.
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D.
ZANU–PF
ZANU–PF is Zimbabwe’s dominant political party, long led by Robert Mugabe and central to the country’s post-independence governance and politics.
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E.
Government of Eric Gairy
The Government of Eric Gairy was the administration of Grenadian Prime Minister Eric Gairy, known for its authoritarian tendencies, political unrest, and eventual overthrow in a 1979 coup.
- 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_69e5263160548190adb7d5c0fd6af0e2 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.