Triple

T15542743
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Natal-Transvaal border E370521 entity
Predicate historicalRegion2 P915 FINISHED
Object Transvaal E14155 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: Transvaal | Statement: [Natal-Transvaal border, historicalRegion2, Transvaal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Transvaal
Context triple: [Natal-Transvaal border, historicalRegion2, Transvaal]
  • A. Transvaal chosen
    Transvaal was a former Boer republic and later British colony in what is now northeastern South Africa, central to the conflicts and politics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Zululand region
    The Zululand region is an area in northeastern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, known for its rich Zulu cultural heritage, diverse wildlife reserves, and varied landscapes ranging from coastal plains to inland hills.
  • C. Province of Natal
    The Province of Natal was a former administrative region of South Africa that existed from 1910 to 1994, encompassing the area around Durban and Pietermaritzburg along the country’s eastern coast.
  • D. Thembuland
    Thembuland is a historical region in South Africa that served as the traditional homeland of the Thembu people, an Nguni-speaking group to which figures like Nelson Mandela belong.
  • E. Ciskei
    Ciskei was a nominally independent Bantustan in southeastern South Africa established under apartheid as a homeland for Xhosa-speaking people.
  • 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: historicalRegion2
Context triple: [Natal-Transvaal border, historicalRegion2, Transvaal]
  • A. historicalRegion chosen
    Indicates that an entity is or was a geographically defined area recognized for its significance during a particular historical period.
  • B. historicalAdministrativeRegionName
    Indicates the name assigned to an administrative region as it existed during a specific historical period.
  • C. historicalCoreRegion
    Indicates that a region served as the central or foundational area of a group, state, or civilization during a significant historical period.
  • D. historicalRegionAssociation
    Indicates an association where an entity is or was located in, part of, or otherwise related to a specific historical region.
  • E. historicalRegionOfInfluence
    Indicates that one entity was historically within the geographic, political, or cultural sphere of influence of 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_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_69ff4558677881908704ac86c12e1fc4 completed May 9, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69deda7a95c48190bbe29fadcf17191a completed April 15, 2026, 12:23 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:07 a.m.