Triple

T16350962
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Flag of Namibia E397058 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Flag of South West Africa (colonial-era flags)
The Flag of South West Africa (colonial-era flags) was the emblem used to represent the territory of South West Africa under foreign administration before it gained independence as Namibia.
E1208637 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Flag of South West Africa (colonial-era flags) | Statement: [Flag of Namibia, predecessor, Flag of South West Africa (colonial-era flags)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flag of South West Africa (colonial-era flags)
Context triple: [Flag of Namibia, predecessor, Flag of South West Africa (colonial-era flags)]
  • A. Flag of the Bechuanaland Protectorate
    The Flag of the Bechuanaland Protectorate was the colonial-era banner used by the British protectorate that preceded the independent nation of Botswana.
  • B. Flag of Namibia
    The Flag of Namibia is the national flag featuring a diagonal tricolor of blue, red, and green with white borders and a golden sun, symbolizing the country’s natural resources, people, and hope for the future.
  • C. Flag of the South African Republic
    The Flag of the South African Republic was the national banner of the Boer-ruled Transvaal republic in the 19th and early 20th centuries, symbolizing its independence before incorporation into the British Empire.
  • D. Flag of South Africa (1928–1994)
    The Flag of South Africa (1928–1994) was the former national flag featuring the orange-white-blue horizontal tricolour with inset miniature Union Jack, Orange Free State, and Transvaal Vierkleur, symbolizing the country’s colonial and Afrikaner heritage during the apartheid era.
  • E. Flag of the Orange Free State
    The Flag of the Orange Free State was the national flag of the former Boer republic in southern Africa, featuring horizontal orange and white stripes with a Dutch tricolor in the canton.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Flag of South West Africa (colonial-era flags)
Triple: [Flag of Namibia, predecessor, Flag of South West Africa (colonial-era flags)]
Generated description
The Flag of South West Africa (colonial-era flags) was the emblem used to represent the territory of South West Africa under foreign administration before it gained independence as Namibia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flag of South West Africa (colonial-era flags)
Target entity description: The Flag of South West Africa (colonial-era flags) was the emblem used to represent the territory of South West Africa under foreign administration before it gained independence as Namibia.
  • A. Flag of the Bechuanaland Protectorate
    The Flag of the Bechuanaland Protectorate was the colonial-era banner used by the British protectorate that preceded the independent nation of Botswana.
  • B. Flag of Namibia
    The Flag of Namibia is the national flag featuring a diagonal tricolor of blue, red, and green with white borders and a golden sun, symbolizing the country’s natural resources, people, and hope for the future.
  • C. Flag of the South African Republic
    The Flag of the South African Republic was the national banner of the Boer-ruled Transvaal republic in the 19th and early 20th centuries, symbolizing its independence before incorporation into the British Empire.
  • D. Flag of South Africa (1928–1994)
    The Flag of South Africa (1928–1994) was the former national flag featuring the orange-white-blue horizontal tricolour with inset miniature Union Jack, Orange Free State, and Transvaal Vierkleur, symbolizing the country’s colonial and Afrikaner heritage during the apartheid era.
  • E. Flag of the Orange Free State
    The Flag of the Orange Free State was the national flag of the former Boer republic in southern Africa, featuring horizontal orange and white stripes with a Dutch tricolor in the canton.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69d87f26864c819088365ca381a003c2 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e2facb37d0819093fe45446f1e79c1 completed April 18, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a002db6375c81908c64dbe2bc987b1a completed May 10, 2026, 7:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00304d7c888190a018d865eb51f0a0 completed May 10, 2026, 7:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00309ceba88190a982b439a1e72e78 completed May 10, 2026, 7:15 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:07 a.m.