Triple

T17165709
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ngāti Tūwharetoa E416601 entity
Predicate hasAffiliation P467 FINISHED
Object Tainui iwi grouping (through some hapū)
The Tainui iwi grouping is a major confederation of Māori tribes in the central North Island of New Zealand, united by shared ancestry from the Tainui waka (canoe).
E1254139 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Tainui iwi grouping (through some hapū) | Statement: [Ngāti Tūwharetoa, hasAffiliation, Tainui iwi grouping (through some hapū)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tainui iwi grouping (through some hapū)
Context triple: [Ngāti Tūwharetoa, hasAffiliation, Tainui iwi grouping (through some hapū)]
  • A. Tāmaki Māori iwi and hapū
    Tāmaki Māori iwi and hapū are the Indigenous tribal and sub-tribal groups of the Tāmaki (Auckland) region, with deep ancestral, cultural, and historical ties to its lands and waterways.
  • B. Māori hapū
    Māori hapū are sub-tribal kinship groups in Māori society, typically descended from a common ancestor and forming key political, social, and landholding units within iwi (tribes).
  • C. Tauranga Moana iwi collective
    Tauranga Moana iwi collective is a Māori tribal alliance based around Tauranga Harbour in Aotearoa New Zealand, representing the shared interests and mana whenua of the local iwi.
  • D. Ngāti Ranginui (hapū)
    Ngāti Ranginui (hapū) is a subtribe of the Ngāti Ranginui iwi, a Māori tribal group traditionally based in the Tauranga Moana region of Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • E. Ngāti Whanaunga iwi
    Ngāti Whanaunga is a Māori iwi (tribe) of Aotearoa New Zealand, descended from the ancestral chief Whanaunga and closely affiliated with other Hauraki tribes.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Tainui iwi grouping (through some hapū)
Triple: [Ngāti Tūwharetoa, hasAffiliation, Tainui iwi grouping (through some hapū)]
Generated description
The Tainui iwi grouping is a major confederation of Māori tribes in the central North Island of New Zealand, united by shared ancestry from the Tainui waka (canoe).
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tainui iwi grouping (through some hapū)
Target entity description: The Tainui iwi grouping is a major confederation of Māori tribes in the central North Island of New Zealand, united by shared ancestry from the Tainui waka (canoe).
  • A. Tāmaki Māori iwi and hapū
    Tāmaki Māori iwi and hapū are the Indigenous tribal and sub-tribal groups of the Tāmaki (Auckland) region, with deep ancestral, cultural, and historical ties to its lands and waterways.
  • B. Māori hapū
    Māori hapū are sub-tribal kinship groups in Māori society, typically descended from a common ancestor and forming key political, social, and landholding units within iwi (tribes).
  • C. Tauranga Moana iwi collective
    Tauranga Moana iwi collective is a Māori tribal alliance based around Tauranga Harbour in Aotearoa New Zealand, representing the shared interests and mana whenua of the local iwi.
  • D. Ngāti Ranginui (hapū)
    Ngāti Ranginui (hapū) is a subtribe of the Ngāti Ranginui iwi, a Māori tribal group traditionally based in the Tauranga Moana region of Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • E. Ngāti Whanaunga iwi
    Ngāti Whanaunga is a Māori iwi (tribe) of Aotearoa New Zealand, descended from the ancestral chief Whanaunga and closely affiliated with other Hauraki tribes.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69d886d279c081909f8ff1f743ddeb69 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3f914a0748190b2658edbe576ea2d completed April 18, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01483b827081909619ea691c4c0e1e completed May 11, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a014a2f8fec8190b1303967a76ceb63 completed May 11, 2026, 3:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a014ab0be388190a6ce49cff469fe81 completed May 11, 2026, 3:19 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:37 a.m.