Triple

T12646339
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kaikōura District E302031 entity
Predicate hasIwi P13854 FINISHED
Object Ngāi Tahu (mana whenua context)
Ngāi Tahu is the principal Māori iwi of Te Waipounamu (the South Island of New Zealand), holding mana whenua over large areas including the Kaikōura District and known for its significant cultural, historical, and contemporary influence in the region.
E994357 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: Ngāi Tahu (mana whenua context) | Statement: [Kaikōura District, hasIwi, Ngāi Tahu (mana whenua context)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ngāi Tahu (mana whenua context)
Context triple: [Kaikōura District, hasIwi, Ngāi Tahu (mana whenua context)]
  • A. Ngāi Te Rangi
    Ngāi Te Rangi is a Māori iwi (tribe) of Aotearoa New Zealand whose traditional rohe (territory) is centered around the coastal Tauranga and wider Bay of Plenty region.
  • B. Ngāti Whare
    Ngāti Whare is a Māori iwi (tribe) of Aotearoa New Zealand, traditionally based around the central North Island’s forests and rivers, with a distinct cultural identity and ancestral ties to the region.
  • C. Ngāti Te Ata
    Ngāti Te Ata is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the Tainui confederation, traditionally based around the Manukau Harbour and wider south Auckland region of Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • D. Ngāti Tūmatauenga
    Ngāti Tūmatauenga is the Māori name and identity adopted by the New Zealand Army, reflecting its warrior ethos and connection to the Māori war god Tūmatauenga.
  • E. Ngāti Kahu o Torongare
    Ngāti Kahu o Torongare is a Māori hapū (sub-tribe) of the Ngāpuhi iwi in the Northland region of Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • 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: Ngāi Tahu (mana whenua context)
Triple: [Kaikōura District, hasIwi, Ngāi Tahu (mana whenua context)]
Generated description
Ngāi Tahu is the principal Māori iwi of Te Waipounamu (the South Island of New Zealand), holding mana whenua over large areas including the Kaikōura District and known for its significant cultural, historical, and contemporary influence in the region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ngāi Tahu (mana whenua context)
Target entity description: Ngāi Tahu is the principal Māori iwi of Te Waipounamu (the South Island of New Zealand), holding mana whenua over large areas including the Kaikōura District and known for its significant cultural, historical, and contemporary influence in the region.
  • A. Ngāi Te Rangi
    Ngāi Te Rangi is a Māori iwi (tribe) of Aotearoa New Zealand whose traditional rohe (territory) is centered around the coastal Tauranga and wider Bay of Plenty region.
  • B. Ngāti Whare
    Ngāti Whare is a Māori iwi (tribe) of Aotearoa New Zealand, traditionally based around the central North Island’s forests and rivers, with a distinct cultural identity and ancestral ties to the region.
  • C. Ngāti Te Ata
    Ngāti Te Ata is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the Tainui confederation, traditionally based around the Manukau Harbour and wider south Auckland region of Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • D. Ngāti Tūmatauenga
    Ngāti Tūmatauenga is the Māori name and identity adopted by the New Zealand Army, reflecting its warrior ethos and connection to the Māori war god Tūmatauenga.
  • E. Ngāti Kahu o Torongare
    Ngāti Kahu o Torongare is a Māori hapū (sub-tribe) of the Ngāpuhi iwi in the Northland region of Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • 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_69d7bdec9f9c8190b4bac675b7588211 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9614cefdc81908cfc4a4d04aa6eda completed April 10, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6687961d88190a605f17425ad7547 completed May 2, 2026, 9:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6695372688190b09a2bb2e58cb546 completed May 2, 2026, 9:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f669fe4bc48190adba50ad58b10c45 completed May 2, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:17 p.m.