Triple
T1273620
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Natal |
E15763
|
entity |
| Predicate | mergedWith |
P77
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Zululand |
E164783
|
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: Zululand | Statement: [Natal, mergedWith, Zululand]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zululand Context triple: [Natal, mergedWith, Zululand]
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A.
Transvaal
Transvaal was a former Boer republic and later British colony in what is now northeastern South Africa, central to the conflicts and politics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
KwaZulu homeland
chosen
KwaZulu homeland was a former apartheid-era Bantustan in South Africa designated for Zulu people before being reincorporated into the modern province of KwaZulu-Natal.
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C.
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal is a coastal province in eastern South Africa known for its Zulu cultural heritage, major cities like Durban and Pietermaritzburg, and diverse landscapes ranging from beaches to the Drakensberg mountains.
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D.
South Rhodes
South Rhodes is a municipal unit on the island of Rhodes in Greece, known for its coastal villages, beaches, and relatively undeveloped natural landscapes.
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E.
Orange Free State
The Orange Free State was a 19th-century independent Boer republic in southern Africa that later became a British colony following the Second Boer War.
- 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_69a4935a94308190bb92555b79032824 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c06d73608190be87be49c4367072 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad0e6027448190b10c65bcafe9fedf |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:51 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.