Triple
T1653733
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Murder of Piet Retief |
E35750
|
entity |
| Predicate | involvedParty |
P15562
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Zulu Kingdom |
E24606
|
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: Zulu Kingdom | Statement: [Murder of Piet Retief, involvedParty, Zulu Kingdom]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zulu Kingdom Context triple: [Murder of Piet Retief, involvedParty, Zulu Kingdom]
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A.
Zulu Kingdom
chosen
The Zulu Kingdom was a powerful 19th-century southern African monarchy known for its centralized military system, expansion under King Shaka, and major conflicts with British colonial powers.
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B.
uMgungundlovu, Zulu Kingdom
uMgungundlovu in the Zulu Kingdom was the royal capital and military stronghold of King Dingane in the early 19th century.
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C.
KwaZulu homeland
KwaZulu homeland was a former apartheid-era Bantustan in South Africa designated for Zulu people before being reincorporated into the modern province of KwaZulu-Natal.
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D.
Mthethwa Paramountcy
The Mthethwa Paramountcy was a powerful pre-Zulu confederation of Nguni chiefdoms in southeastern Africa that laid the political and military foundations for the rise of the Zulu Kingdom.
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E.
Dominion of South Africa
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.
- 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_69ad6821d18c8190b411bb031c142580 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:14 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.