Triple
T17634741
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | South African Border War |
E430065
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableBattle |
P259
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Battle of Cuito Cuanavale |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Battle of Cuito Cuanavale | Statement: [South African Border War, notableBattle, Battle of Cuito Cuanavale]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Cuito Cuanavale Context triple: [South African Border War, notableBattle, Battle of Cuito Cuanavale]
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A.
Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
chosen
The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale was a major late-1980s confrontation in Angola between South African and allied forces and Angolan and Cuban troops, widely regarded as a turning point in the South African Border War and in the regional struggle against apartheid.
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B.
Battle of Cutanda
The Battle of Cutanda was a 1120 clash during the Reconquista in which King Alfonso I of Aragon decisively defeated the Almoravid forces in northeastern Spain.
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C.
Battle of Zimbabwe
The Battle of Zimbabwe is the fiercely contested football derby between Zimbabwean giants Highlanders (Bosso) and Dynamos, known for its intense rivalry and passionate fan base.
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D.
Chinhoyi Battle of 1966
The Chinhoyi Battle of 1966 was an early armed confrontation in the Rhodesian Bush War, marking one of the first significant guerrilla attacks by Zimbabwean nationalists against the white-minority regime.
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E.
South African Border War
The South African Border War was a protracted Cold War–era conflict (c. 1966–1989) in Namibia and Angola involving South Africa, liberation movements, and foreign allies such as Cuba, centered on decolonization, apartheid, and regional power struggles in southern Africa.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d889e37f308190a6aa0a69daff86c7 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e46ddfeb7c8190a369b438e43d47b4 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:53 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:52 a.m.