Triple

T14082901
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Katima Mulilo E338910 entity
Predicate hasBorderProximity P18252 FINISHED
Object Botswana–Namibia border
The Botswana–Namibia border is an international boundary in Southern Africa that largely follows the Chobe and Zambezi rivers, separating Botswana from Namibia’s Caprivi Strip region.
E1078469 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: Botswana–Namibia border | Statement: [Katima Mulilo, hasBorderProximity, Botswana–Namibia border]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Botswana–Namibia border
Context triple: [Katima Mulilo, hasBorderProximity, Botswana–Namibia border]
  • A. South Africa–Namibia border
    The South Africa–Namibia border is an international boundary in southern Africa that largely follows the course of the Orange River, separating Namibia to the north from South Africa to the south.
  • B. South Africa–Botswana border
    The South Africa–Botswana border is an international boundary in Southern Africa separating South Africa from Botswana, running largely through sparsely populated savannah and desert regions.
  • C. Zimbabwe–Botswana border
    The Zimbabwe–Botswana border is the international boundary separating Zimbabwe and Botswana in southern Africa, marked by several road and rail crossings and running near key towns such as Plumtree and Francistown.
  • D. Namibia–Angola border
    The Namibia–Angola border is the international boundary separating Namibia and Angola in southwestern Africa, marked by several official crossings and shaped largely by colonial-era agreements.
  • E. Zambia–Namibia border
    The Zambia–Namibia border is a short international boundary in southern Africa where Zambia meets Namibia’s Caprivi Strip along the Zambezi River.
  • 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: Botswana–Namibia border
Triple: [Katima Mulilo, hasBorderProximity, Botswana–Namibia border]
Generated description
The Botswana–Namibia border is an international boundary in Southern Africa that largely follows the Chobe and Zambezi rivers, separating Botswana from Namibia’s Caprivi Strip region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Botswana–Namibia border
Target entity description: The Botswana–Namibia border is an international boundary in Southern Africa that largely follows the Chobe and Zambezi rivers, separating Botswana from Namibia’s Caprivi Strip region.
  • A. South Africa–Namibia border
    The South Africa–Namibia border is an international boundary in southern Africa that largely follows the course of the Orange River, separating Namibia to the north from South Africa to the south.
  • B. South Africa–Botswana border
    The South Africa–Botswana border is an international boundary in Southern Africa separating South Africa from Botswana, running largely through sparsely populated savannah and desert regions.
  • C. Zimbabwe–Botswana border
    The Zimbabwe–Botswana border is the international boundary separating Zimbabwe and Botswana in southern Africa, marked by several road and rail crossings and running near key towns such as Plumtree and Francistown.
  • D. Namibia–Angola border
    The Namibia–Angola border is the international boundary separating Namibia and Angola in southwestern Africa, marked by several official crossings and shaped largely by colonial-era agreements.
  • E. Zambia–Namibia border chosen
    The Zambia–Namibia border is a short international boundary in southern Africa where Zambia meets Namibia’s Caprivi Strip along the Zambezi River.
  • F. None of above.

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_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_69fcd0a3e55c81909b52f618e9076dd2 completed May 7, 2026, 5:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fcd2ae45108190b1f400e4ae16a258 completed May 7, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fcd3ad7be8819094fc71c9f44fb4cb completed May 7, 2026, 6:02 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:21 p.m.