Triple
T12848068
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shangani Patrol incident |
E307234
|
entity |
| Predicate | commanderOpposing |
P437
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ndebele indunas
Ndebele indunas were senior leaders and advisors of the Ndebele people who directed military and political affairs, including resistance to colonial forces in late 19th-century southern Africa.
|
E1007108
|
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: Ndebele indunas | Statement: [Shangani Patrol incident, commanderOpposing, Ndebele indunas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ndebele indunas Context triple: [Shangani Patrol incident, commanderOpposing, Ndebele indunas]
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A.
Northern Ndebele
Northern Ndebele is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken primarily in southwestern Zimbabwe and closely related to Zulu.
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B.
Nongqawuse
Nongqawuse was a teenage Xhosa prophet whose visions in 1856–1857 inspired the catastrophic cattle-killing movement that led to widespread famine and social upheaval among the Xhosa people.
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C.
Nosuthu
Nosuthu was the mother of Tiyo Soga, the pioneering Xhosa Christian minister and intellectual.
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D.
Zindziswa
Zindziswa is the given first name of Zindzi Mandela, the South African diplomat, poet, and daughter of Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
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E.
Southern Ndebele
Southern Ndebele is a Bantu language spoken primarily in South Africa, known for its distinctive click sounds and cultural association with the Ndebele people.
- 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: Ndebele indunas Triple: [Shangani Patrol incident, commanderOpposing, Ndebele indunas]
Generated description
Ndebele indunas were senior leaders and advisors of the Ndebele people who directed military and political affairs, including resistance to colonial forces in late 19th-century southern Africa.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ndebele indunas Target entity description: Ndebele indunas were senior leaders and advisors of the Ndebele people who directed military and political affairs, including resistance to colonial forces in late 19th-century southern Africa.
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A.
Northern Ndebele
Northern Ndebele is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken primarily in southwestern Zimbabwe and closely related to Zulu.
-
B.
Nongqawuse
Nongqawuse was a teenage Xhosa prophet whose visions in 1856–1857 inspired the catastrophic cattle-killing movement that led to widespread famine and social upheaval among the Xhosa people.
-
C.
Nosuthu
Nosuthu was the mother of Tiyo Soga, the pioneering Xhosa Christian minister and intellectual.
-
D.
Zindziswa
Zindziswa is the given first name of Zindzi Mandela, the South African diplomat, poet, and daughter of Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
-
E.
Southern Ndebele
Southern Ndebele is a Bantu language spoken primarily in South Africa, known for its distinctive click sounds and cultural association with the Ndebele people.
- 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_69d7bdf5e7cc8190be357278bc5ba3bb |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9701fe684819084582d1b4c809429 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f69ba1ef2481909bcf68a698afd3c6 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f69dad1f9c8190b48c40f49dbd396d |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:58 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f69e5fd19c819082f9fe0d26c56c9a |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:01 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:36 p.m.