Triple

T16381789
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oshakati E397822 entity
Predicate wasStrategicCentreDuring P46035 FINISHED
Object South African Border War E237770 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: South African Border War | Statement: [Oshakati, wasStrategicCentreDuring, South African Border War]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African Border War
Context triple: [Oshakati, wasStrategicCentreDuring, South African Border War]
  • A. South African Border War chosen
    The South African Border War was a protracted Cold War–era conflict (c. 1966–1989) in Namibia and Angola involving South Africa, liberation movements, and foreign allies such as Cuba, centered on decolonization, apartheid, and regional power struggles in southern Africa.
  • B. Rhodesian Bush War
    The Rhodesian Bush War was a guerrilla conflict from the mid-1960s to 1979 between the white-minority government of Rhodesia and African nationalist insurgent groups, culminating in the creation of modern-day Zimbabwe.
  • C. Basuto Wars
    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.
  • D. Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
    The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale was a major late-1980s confrontation in Angola between South African and allied forces and Angolan and Cuban troops, widely regarded as a turning point in the South African Border War and in the regional struggle against apartheid.
  • E. Cassinga raid
    The Cassinga raid was a controversial 1978 South African airborne attack on a SWAPO camp in southern Angola, notable for its high civilian casualties and its impact on the course and international perception of the South African Border War.
  • 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: wasStrategicCentreDuring
Context triple: [Oshakati, wasStrategicCentreDuring, South African Border War]
  • A. wasCitadelOf
    Indicates that a place previously served as the main fortified stronghold or central defensive structure for another entity.
  • B. wasKeyBattlegroundDuring chosen
    Indicates that a location served as an important site of conflict or struggle during a specified event or period.
  • C. hasMilitarySignificanceSince
    Indicates that something has held military importance or strategic value starting from a specified point in time.
  • D. hasMajorHistoricalCentersIn
    Indicates that an entity possesses significant, historically important centers or hubs located within a specified place or region.
  • E. garrisonedDuring
    Indicates that a military force was stationed or quartered at a location for defense or control during a specified time period.
  • 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_69d87f2880b48190ae1a9673a3bbef80 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e319dd0e0c8190812bde6a2f7d9644 completed April 18, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0035689ef08190ba980a359498ca56 completed May 10, 2026, 7:36 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e226f94dd48190b7b8e0e983738a67 completed April 17, 2026, 12:26 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:08 a.m.