Triple

T11938763
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hermann Kallenbach E284119 entity
Predicate laterLivedIn P18745 FINISHED
Object British Empire (South Africa) E591873 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: British Empire (South Africa) | Statement: [Hermann Kallenbach, laterLivedIn, British Empire (South Africa)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Empire (South Africa)
Context triple: [Hermann Kallenbach, laterLivedIn, British Empire (South Africa)]
  • A. British Empire in South Africa chosen
    The British Empire in South Africa refers to the period of British colonial expansion, rule, and conflict in the region, including the annexation of territories and wars with Boer republics and indigenous peoples from the early 19th to early 20th centuries.
  • B. British South Africa
    British South Africa refers to the territories in southern Africa that were under British colonial rule, including regions that later became countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi.
  • C. British Protectorate of Basutoland
    The British Protectorate of Basutoland was a southern African territory under British colonial rule from the late 19th century until 1966, when it gained independence as the Kingdom of Lesotho.
  • D. Colony of Natal
    The Colony of Natal was a British colonial territory in southeastern Africa, centered on the port of Durban, that existed from the mid-19th century until it became part of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
  • E. Dominion of South Africa
    The Dominion of South Africa was a self-governing British dominion (1910–1961) that participated in both World Wars and formed the historical predecessor to the modern Republic of South Africa.
  • 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_69d6ab2ce9c48190b5d39511b524f666 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d903415d2481909d84e6727454b9fe completed April 10, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f4409a40dc81909d87c50601b98b78 completed May 1, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:45 p.m.