Triple
T14082828
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Litunga |
E338908
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalRegion |
P915
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Barotseland Protectorate |
E877246
|
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: Barotseland Protectorate | Statement: [Litunga, historicalRegion, Barotseland Protectorate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barotseland Protectorate Context triple: [Litunga, historicalRegion, Barotseland Protectorate]
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A.
Bechuanaland Protectorate
The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a British colonial territory in Southern Africa that existed from the late 19th century until it gained independence as the Republic of Botswana in 1966.
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B.
Swaziland Protectorate
Swaziland Protectorate was a British colonial protectorate in Southern Africa that preceded the modern independent nation of Eswatini.
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C.
Barotseland Kingdom
chosen
Barotseland Kingdom is a historic African monarchy of the Lozi (Rotse) people, centered in present-day western Zambia and known for its distinct political and cultural traditions.
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D.
Nyasaland
Nyasaland was a former British protectorate in southeastern Africa that later became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964.
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E.
British Protectorate of Basutoland
The British Protectorate of Basutoland was a southern African territory under British colonial rule from the late 19th century until 1966, when it gained independence as the Kingdom of Lesotho.
- 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_69d81c687b0c819087fd9ed4198403f8 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de5ede40048190b465e909565730c1 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd1930da6481908d17adc6f7bbedd4 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 10:58 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:21 p.m.