Triple
T1653702
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Murder of Piet Retief |
E35750
|
entity |
| Predicate | perpetrator |
P698
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Dingane kaSenzangakhona |
E135660
|
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: Dingane kaSenzangakhona | Statement: [Murder of Piet Retief, perpetrator, Dingane kaSenzangakhona]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dingane kaSenzangakhona Context triple: [Murder of Piet Retief, perpetrator, Dingane kaSenzangakhona]
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A.
Dingane kaSenzangakhona
chosen
Dingane kaSenzangakhona was a 19th-century Zulu king best known for overthrowing his half-brother Shaka and leading the Zulu nation during early conflicts with Boer settlers.
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B.
Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo
Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo was a late 19th- and early 20th-century Zulu king known for his resistance to British colonial encroachment and his complex role in the aftermath of the Anglo-Zulu War.
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C.
Cetshwayo kaMpande
Cetshwayo kaMpande was the 19th-century Zulu king best known for leading Zulu forces to a major victory against the British at the Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War.
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D.
King Shaka Zulu
King Shaka Zulu was the early 19th-century Zulu king and military innovator who forged the Zulu Kingdom into a powerful regional force in southern Africa.
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E.
Lobengula Khumalo
Lobengula Khumalo was the second and last king of the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom in what is now Zimbabwe, known for his resistance to British colonial encroachment in the late 19th century.
- 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_69a8860568888190a32cd9f70acbba42 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a90a8a080c8190b6913d6830d74526 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad60ac133881909222b25029096407 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.