Triple
T12273062
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Xesibe |
E292518
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedGroup |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thembu |
E275332
|
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: Thembu | Statement: [Xesibe, relatedGroup, Thembu]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thembu Context triple: [Xesibe, relatedGroup, Thembu]
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A.
Thembu
chosen
The Thembu are a Xhosa-speaking South African ethnic group historically known as one of the prominent chiefdoms in the Eastern Cape region.
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B.
Ndwandwe
Ndwandwe was a powerful Nguni-speaking kingdom in southeastern Africa that rivaled the Mthethwa and played a major role in the early 19th-century upheavals that led to the rise of the Zulu state.
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C.
Tsholotsho
Tsholotsho is a rural district and township in western Zimbabwe known for its proximity to Hwange National Park and its predominantly Ndebele-speaking communities.
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D.
Makgoba
Makgoba is a South African surname most prominently associated with Thabo Makgoba, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town.
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E.
Mhlaba
Mhlaba is a surname most notably associated with Raymond Mhlaba, a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist and politician.
- 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_69d6ab6856488190b5d31178d5015f8e |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d91cee7158819093fff74db6867896 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f62a959e7c8190a005f20728cb71e0 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 4:47 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.