Triple
T1653738
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Murder of Piet Retief |
E35750
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedPerson |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mpande kaSenzangakhona |
E129215
|
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: Mpande kaSenzangakhona | Statement: [Murder of Piet Retief, relatedPerson, Mpande kaSenzangakhona]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mpande kaSenzangakhona Context triple: [Murder of Piet Retief, relatedPerson, Mpande kaSenzangakhona]
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A.
Mpande kaSenzangakhona
chosen
Mpande kaSenzangakhona was a 19th-century Zulu king who consolidated power after the civil wars following Shaka and Dingane, ruling the Zulu Kingdom for several decades.
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B.
Dingane kaSenzangakhona
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Shaka Day
Shaka Day was a South African public holiday commemorating the Zulu king Shaka, later replaced by the broader national celebration of Heritage Day.
- 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.