Triple
T15337683
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Festus Mogae |
E366709
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Serowe, Bechuanaland Protectorate |
E884193
|
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: Serowe, Bechuanaland Protectorate | Statement: [Festus Mogae, placeOfBirth, Serowe, Bechuanaland Protectorate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Serowe, Bechuanaland Protectorate Context triple: [Festus Mogae, placeOfBirth, Serowe, Bechuanaland Protectorate]
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A.
Serowe, Bechuanaland Protectorate
chosen
Serowe, Bechuanaland Protectorate was a major village and traditional capital in what is now Botswana, historically significant as a political and cultural center of the Bamangwato people.
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B.
Macloutsie, Bechuanaland
Macloutsie, Bechuanaland was a late 19th-century frontier settlement in the Bechuanaland Protectorate that served as a key British military and logistical base during regional colonial campaigns.
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C.
Southern District, Botswana
Southern District, Botswana is an administrative region in southern Botswana that includes the town of Lobatse and is known for its agricultural activities and proximity to the South African border.
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D.
Ovamboland
Ovamboland is a historical region in northern Namibia and southern Angola traditionally inhabited by the Ovambo people, who speak the Oshiwambo language.
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E.
Bechuanaland hinterland
Bechuanaland hinterland was the inland territory adjacent to the Bechuanaland Protectorate in southern Africa that fell under British imperial influence in the late 19th century.
- 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_69d85a1355608190a6673ddb67231d54 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e03e11b22c81908280efe65acd5454 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff01f2ee9c819080fce24ed13a07c7 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 9:44 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:17 a.m.