Triple

T11608864
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sarhili kaHintsa E275329 entity
Predicate notableEvent P259 FINISHED
Object Xhosa cattle-killing movement of 1856–1857 E292519 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: Xhosa cattle-killing movement of 1856–1857 | Statement: [Sarhili kaHintsa, notableEvent, Xhosa cattle-killing movement of 1856–1857]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Xhosa cattle-killing movement of 1856–1857
Context triple: [Sarhili kaHintsa, notableEvent, Xhosa cattle-killing movement of 1856–1857]
  • A. Xhosa cattle-killing movement chosen
    The Xhosa cattle-killing movement was a mid-19th-century millenarian prophecy-led movement among the Xhosa that called for the mass slaughter of cattle and destruction of crops in the belief it would bring about the resurrection of ancestors and the expulsion of colonial settlers, ultimately resulting in a devastating famine.
  • B. Murder of Piet Retief
    The Murder of Piet Retief was a pivotal 1838 killing of the Voortrekker leader and his delegation by Zulu King Dingane, an event that dramatically escalated conflict during the Great Trek in South Africa.
  • C. Great Cattle Killing of 1856–1857
    The Great Cattle Killing of 1856–1857 was a millenarian movement among the Xhosa people in which they slaughtered their own cattle and destroyed crops in the belief it would bring about the resurrection of ancestors and the expulsion of colonial settlers, ultimately leading to a devastating famine.
  • D. Dinuzulu Rebellion
    The Dinuzulu Rebellion was an 1880s–1890s uprising in Zululand led by Zulu prince Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo against British colonial authority and rival Zulu factions.
  • E. Mfecane
    Mfecane was a period of widespread warfare, migration, and social upheaval in early 19th-century southern Africa that reshaped the region’s political landscape.
  • 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_69d6aaf84b548190ac072e4fb89ae18f completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a04231d08190b8a07cd977d11ffa completed April 10, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e8a82381708190aa0e674603d5778a completed April 22, 2026, 10:51 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.