Triple
T11873782
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bloemfontein waterworks |
E282470
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Siege and occupation of Bloemfontein |
E282471
|
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: Siege and occupation of Bloemfontein | Statement: [Bloemfontein waterworks, relatedTo, Siege and occupation of Bloemfontein]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege and occupation of Bloemfontein Context triple: [Bloemfontein waterworks, relatedTo, Siege and occupation of Bloemfontein]
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A.
British occupation of Bloemfontein
chosen
The British occupation of Bloemfontein was a key phase of the Second Boer War during which British forces captured and held the Orange Free State capital, marking a major strategic and symbolic setback for the Boer republics.
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B.
Siege of Pretoria
The Siege of Pretoria was a key early engagement of the First Boer War in 1880–1881, during which Boer forces surrounded and blockaded the British-held town of Pretoria in the Transvaal.
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C.
Siege of Ladysmith
The Siege of Ladysmith was a major engagement of the Second Boer War (1899–1902) in which British forces were encircled and besieged by Boer commandos in the town of Ladysmith in present-day South Africa.
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D.
Battle of Ladysmith
The Battle of Ladysmith was an early engagement of the Second Boer War in 1899 in which British forces clashed with Boer commandos around the town of Ladysmith in Natal, South Africa.
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E.
siege of Bulawayo
The siege of Bulawayo was a key 1896 confrontation in what is now Zimbabwe, where Ndebele forces surrounded the colonial town of Bulawayo during the Second Matabele War before being relieved by British-led columns.
- 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.