Triple
T15542734
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Natal-Transvaal border |
E370521
|
entity |
| Predicate | conflictOccurredOnOrNear |
P39379
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Battle of Laing's Nek |
E75295
|
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: Battle of Laing's Nek | Statement: [Natal-Transvaal border, conflictOccurredOnOrNear, Battle of Laing's Nek]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Laing's Nek Context triple: [Natal-Transvaal border, conflictOccurredOnOrNear, Battle of Laing's Nek]
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A.
Battle of Laing's Nek
chosen
The Battle of Laing's Nek was a key 1881 engagement in the First Boer War in which Boer forces successfully repelled a British attempt to break through a strategic mountain pass in the Transvaal.
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B.
Battle of Tugela Heights
The Battle of Tugela Heights was a major engagement of the Second Boer War in early 1900, in which British forces fought to break the Boer siege of Ladysmith in Natal, South Africa.
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C.
Battle of Bronkhorstspruit
The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit was an 1880 engagement in the Transvaal where Boer forces ambushed and decisively defeated a British column early in the First Boer War.
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D.
Battle of the Modder River
The Battle of the Modder River was a major engagement of the Second Boer War in November 1899, in which British forces attempted to relieve the besieged town of Kimberley by attacking Boer defensive positions along the Modder River in South Africa.
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E.
Battle of Hlobane
The Battle of Hlobane was a 1879 engagement during the Anglo-Zulu War in which Zulu forces inflicted a significant defeat on a British-led mounted column amid rugged mountainous terrain in Zululand.
- 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: conflictOccurredOnOrNear Context triple: [Natal-Transvaal border, conflictOccurredOnOrNear, Battle of Laing's Nek]
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A.
conflictLocation
chosen
Indicates the place or geographic area where a conflict, dispute, or confrontation occurs or is centered.
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B.
previousConflict
Indicates that a conflict or dispute occurred between the entities at some earlier time prior to the current context.
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C.
facedConflictOver
Indicates that two or more entities experienced opposition, dispute, or tension concerning a particular issue, resource, or situation.
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D.
reportedConflict
Indicates that one party has formally reported the existence of a conflict involving another party or situation.
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E.
conflictDescribedIn
Indicates that a particular conflict is documented, detailed, or discussed within a specified information source or description.
- 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_69d85cc521a08190921fb50319dddc34 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e04432c3808190bb5b653bf8de30c6 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 2:06 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff67830b4c8190a8c3f2168d8c2ec7 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 4:57 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69deda7a95c48190bbe29fadcf17191a |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:23 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:07 a.m.