Triple

T11681012
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject eastern frontier of the Cape Colony E277612 entity
Predicate associatedWith P37 FINISHED
Object Kei River
The Kei River is a major river in South Africa’s Eastern Cape that historically marked the eastern boundary between the Cape Colony and neighboring Xhosa territories.
E1182448 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: Kei River | Statement: [eastern frontier of the Cape Colony, associatedWith, Kei River]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kei River
Context triple: [eastern frontier of the Cape Colony, associatedWith, Kei River]
  • A. Kowai River
    The Kowai River is a smaller river in the Canterbury region of New Zealand that feeds into the larger Waimakariri River system.
  • B. Kerio River
    The Kerio River is a major river in Kenya that drains the western highlands and flows northward through the Kerio Valley before emptying into Lake Turkana.
  • C. Ruak River
    The Ruak River is a tributary of the Mekong in Southeast Asia that forms part of the natural boundary between Thailand and Myanmar in the Golden Triangle region.
  • D. Toa River
    The Toa River is a major river in eastern Cuba known for its lush surrounding rainforest and high biodiversity near the city of Baracoa.
  • E. Setit River
    The Setit River is a major river in the Horn of Africa that flows through Ethiopia and Eritrea as part of the Nile basin.
  • 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: Kei River
Triple: [eastern frontier of the Cape Colony, associatedWith, Kei River]
Generated description
The Kei River is a major river in South Africa’s Eastern Cape that historically marked the eastern boundary between the Cape Colony and neighboring Xhosa territories.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kei River
Target entity description: The Kei River is a major river in South Africa’s Eastern Cape that historically marked the eastern boundary between the Cape Colony and neighboring Xhosa territories.
  • A. Kowai River
    The Kowai River is a smaller river in the Canterbury region of New Zealand that feeds into the larger Waimakariri River system.
  • B. Kerio River
    The Kerio River is a major river in Kenya that drains the western highlands and flows northward through the Kerio Valley before emptying into Lake Turkana.
  • C. Ruak River
    The Ruak River is a tributary of the Mekong in Southeast Asia that forms part of the natural boundary between Thailand and Myanmar in the Golden Triangle region.
  • D. Toa River
    The Toa River is a major river in eastern Cuba known for its lush surrounding rainforest and high biodiversity near the city of Baracoa.
  • E. Setit River
    The Setit River is a major river in the Horn of Africa that flows through Ethiopia and Eritrea as part of the Nile basin.
  • 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_69d6aafd0a448190b44da30af8c6c519 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a461b0908190bef4e1c6777affcf completed April 10, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffb02b55f4819098f2b18fcf17ef0e completed May 9, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffb0ae72e48190a3c799a7f242c94c completed May 9, 2026, 10:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffb0e11fc481908a2609979dea4d59 completed May 9, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.