Triple

T15542840
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Natal Mounted Police E370524 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Natal colonial administration E6701 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: Natal colonial administration | Statement: [Natal Mounted Police, partOf, Natal colonial administration]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Natal colonial administration
Context triple: [Natal Mounted Police, partOf, Natal colonial administration]
  • A. Natal colonial forces
    The Natal colonial forces were British-aligned military units raised in the Colony of Natal, composed largely of local settlers and auxiliaries who fought in regional conflicts such as the Anglo-Zulu War.
  • B. Portuguese colonial administration
    The Portuguese colonial administration was the system of governance and control established by Portugal over its overseas territories, shaping their political, economic, and social structures until decolonization.
  • C. Natal Colony chosen
    The Natal Colony was a British-controlled region in southeastern Africa that later became part of modern South Africa and played a significant role in colonial-era conflicts and politics.
  • D. Shepstone system of native administration
    The Shepstone system of native administration was a 19th-century colonial governance model in southern Africa that sought to control African populations through indirect rule via traditional chiefs under British authority.
  • E. Colonial Office
    The Colonial Office was the British government department responsible for administering and overseeing the governance of the British Empire’s colonies and territories.
  • 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_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.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:07 a.m.