Triple
T15716831
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Protectorate of Basutoland |
E380982
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Orange Free State–Basotho conflict |
E158140
|
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: Orange Free State–Basotho conflict | Statement: [British Protectorate of Basutoland, precededBy, Orange Free State–Basotho conflict]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orange Free State–Basotho conflict Context triple: [British Protectorate of Basutoland, precededBy, Orange Free State–Basotho conflict]
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A.
Basuto Wars
chosen
The Basuto Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts in southern Africa between the Basotho people and neighboring Boer republics, primarily over land and political control.
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B.
Xhosa Wars
The Xhosa Wars were a series of 19th-century frontier conflicts in South Africa between the Xhosa peoples and European colonial powers, primarily the British, over land and political control in the Eastern Cape region.
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C.
Dinuzulu Rebellion
The Dinuzulu Rebellion was an 1880s–1890s uprising in Zululand led by Zulu prince Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo against British colonial authority and rival Zulu factions.
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D.
Mpondo Revolt
The Mpondo Revolt was a major rural uprising in the late 1950s and early 1960s in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, where Mpondo communities resisted apartheid-era policies such as forced removals, taxation, and the imposition of Bantu Authorities.
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E.
Zulu civil wars
The Zulu civil wars were a series of internal power struggles and succession conflicts within the Zulu Kingdom in the 19th century that weakened its political cohesion and military strength.
- 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_69d86d9bf930819082b30cf6d169297c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e04f91beb08190bd91bf9306737c3b |
completed | April 16, 2026, 2:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff7583609c8190a80421fce649900f |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:45 a.m.