Triple

T15716848
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British Protectorate of Basutoland E380982 entity
Predicate borderedBy P224 FINISHED
Object Union of South Africa E112849 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: Union of South Africa | Statement: [British Protectorate of Basutoland, borderedBy, Union of South Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Union of South Africa
Context triple: [British Protectorate of Basutoland, borderedBy, Union of South Africa]
  • A. South African Republic
    The South African Republic, also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled state in southern Africa during the 19th century that later became part of modern South Africa.
  • B. South Africa
    South Africa is a country at the southern tip of the African continent, known for its cultural and linguistic diversity, complex history of apartheid and democratic transition, and significant economic and political influence in the region.
  • C. Vereeniging, South Africa
    Vereeniging is an industrial city in South Africa’s Gauteng province, historically known for its steel and coal industries and its role in the country’s mining and manufacturing economy.
  • D. Dominion of South Africa chosen
    The Dominion of South Africa was a self-governing British dominion (1910–1961) that participated in both World Wars and formed the historical predecessor to the modern Republic of South Africa.
  • E. Transkei, South Africa
    Transkei, South Africa was a former bantustan in the southeastern part of the country, historically designated for Xhosa-speaking people during the apartheid era.
  • 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_69ff82f464008190ae0e79f50b9b3eb3 completed May 9, 2026, 6:54 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:45 a.m.