Triple
T12847915
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lobengula |
E307231
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | King of the Matabele |
E1007099
|
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: King of the Matabele | Statement: [Lobengula, positionHeld, King of the Matabele]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: King of the Matabele Context triple: [Lobengula, positionHeld, King of the Matabele]
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A.
King of the Ndebele
chosen
The King of the Ndebele was the hereditary monarch and supreme political and military leader of the Ndebele (Matabele) people in what is now Zimbabwe.
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B.
King of the Zulu
The King of the Zulu is the traditional monarch and cultural leader of the Zulu people, a major ethnic group primarily located in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
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C.
King of the Xhosa
The King of the Xhosa is the paramount traditional monarch and symbolic leader of the Xhosa people of South Africa.
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D.
The Assassination of Shaka
The Assassination of Shaka is a renowned graphic art cycle by South African artist Cecil Skotnes that powerfully depicts the life and death of the Zulu king Shaka through carved and painted wooden panels.
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E.
Sovereign of the Congo Free State
The Sovereign of the Congo Free State was the monarch who personally ruled the Congo Free State as a private colonial possession, most infamously held by King Leopold II of Belgium during a period marked by extreme exploitation and atrocities.
- 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_69d7bdf5e7cc8190be357278bc5ba3bb |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d96ff49efc8190bd6bbac510cc4705 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6a549fc188190a7dfcf16faa5e415 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:30 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:36 p.m.