Triple

T14228769
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zimbabwe–South Africa border E352695 entity
Predicate meetsBorderAtTripoint P13730 FINISHED
Object Botswana–South Africa border E1006984 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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–South Africa border | Statement: [Zimbabwe–South Africa border, meetsBorderAtTripoint, Botswana–South Africa border]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Botswana–South Africa border
Context triple: [Zimbabwe–South Africa border, meetsBorderAtTripoint, Botswana–South Africa border]
  • A. South Africa–Botswana border chosen
    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.
  • B. South Africa–Lesotho border
    The South Africa–Lesotho border is the international boundary separating the enclaved mountain kingdom of Lesotho from the surrounding Republic of South Africa, running largely along the high peaks of the Drakensberg and Maloti ranges.
  • C. 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.
  • D. South Africa–Eswatini border
    The South Africa–Eswatini border is an international boundary in southern Africa separating the Kingdom of Eswatini from the Republic of South Africa, crossing varied terrain and linking multiple rural communities and transport routes.
  • E. 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.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: meetsBorderAtTripoint
Context triple: [Zimbabwe–South Africa border, meetsBorderAtTripoint, Botswana–South Africa border]
  • A. hasTripoint chosen
    Indicates that three distinct regions, areas, or entities meet or share a common boundary point.
  • B. liesOnBorderOf
    Indicates that one entity is located along or directly adjacent to the boundary line separating it from another entity.
  • C. borderPoint
    Indicates a point that lies on the boundary between two regions or entities.
  • D. nearInternationalBoundary
    Indicates that one entity is located close to an international boundary separating two or more countries.
  • E. borderedBy
    Indicates that one entity shares a common boundary or edge with another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69d8278adc7c8190a9218d69bce3c4e6 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de622a48508190bbfedb762bd1674d completed April 14, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd5bb5a64c81908cb8c50bbfa239a4 completed May 8, 2026, 3:42 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69de05bf069c8190b69f00f00f5eb126 completed April 14, 2026, 9:15 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:07 a.m.