Triple
T11873779
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bloemfontein waterworks |
E282470
|
entity |
| Predicate | controlledBy |
P1715
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Orange Free State forces |
E44414
|
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: Orange Free State forces | Statement: [Bloemfontein waterworks, controlledBy, Orange Free State forces]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orange Free State forces Context triple: [Bloemfontein waterworks, controlledBy, Orange Free State forces]
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A.
Boer forces
chosen
Boer forces were the predominantly mounted, guerrilla-style republican commandos of the South African Boers that fought against the British Empire during the Anglo-Boer Wars.
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B.
Basuto Wars
The Basuto Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts in southern Africa between the Basotho people and neighboring Boer republics, primarily over land and political control.
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C.
Xhosa Wars
The Xhosa Wars were a series of 19th-century frontier conflicts in South Africa between the Xhosa peoples and European colonial powers, primarily the British, over land and political control in the Eastern Cape region.
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D.
Free State forces
Free State forces were the pro-Treaty military units that supported the establishment of the Irish Free State and fought against anti-Treaty republicans during the Irish Civil War.
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E.
Zulu Army
The Zulu Army was the highly disciplined and formidable military force of the Zulu Kingdom in southern Africa, renowned for its tactical innovations and major victories during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
- 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_69d6ab2945d081908a5851c916cbcfb5 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8be1a22448190bd0722188c14d7bd |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f281bcd4f88190bb2103a165cb9578 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 10:10 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:43 p.m.