Triple
T1653734
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Murder of Piet Retief |
E35750
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Retief massacre |
E35750
|
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: Retief massacre | Statement: [Murder of Piet Retief, alsoKnownAs, Retief massacre]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Retief massacre Context triple: [Murder of Piet Retief, alsoKnownAs, Retief massacre]
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A.
Sharpeville massacre
The Sharpeville massacre was a 1960 incident in South Africa in which police opened fire on a peaceful anti–pass laws protest, killing 69 people and marking a turning point in the struggle against apartheid.
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B.
Weenen massacre
The Weenen massacre was an 1838 killing of Voortrekker settlers by Zulu forces in present-day South Africa, which became a pivotal flashpoint in the conflict between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom.
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C.
Murder of Piet Retief
chosen
The Murder of Piet Retief was a pivotal 1838 killing of the Voortrekker leader and his delegation by Zulu King Dingane, an event that dramatically escalated conflict during the Great Trek in South Africa.
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D.
Peskeompscut massacre
The Peskeompscut massacre was a brutal 1676 attack during King Philip’s War in which English colonial forces killed a large number of Native American civilians near present-day Turners Falls, Massachusetts.
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E.
Philippeville massacre
The Philippeville massacre was a 1955 outbreak of violence in and around the Algerian town of Philippeville, where coordinated FLN attacks and brutal French reprisals marked a major escalation in the Algerian War of Independence.
- 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.