Triple

T17634742
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject South African Border War E430065 entity
Predicate notableBattle P259 FINISHED
Object Battle of Cassinga NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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 Cassinga | Statement: [South African Border War, notableBattle, Battle of Cassinga]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Cassinga
Context triple: [South African Border War, notableBattle, Battle of Cassinga]
  • A. Battle of Nyezane
    The Battle of Nyezane was an 1879 engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War in which British colonial forces repelled a Zulu attack while advancing to relieve the mission station at Eshowe.
  • B. Battle of Maqongqo
    The Battle of Maqongqo was a decisive 1840 conflict in which Mpande kaSenzangakhona, with Boer support, defeated Dingane, leading to Mpande’s ascension as king of the Zulu Kingdom.
  • C. Battle of Waterberg
    The Battle of Waterberg was a decisive 1904 military engagement in German South West Africa in which German colonial forces defeated the Herero, triggering their mass flight into the desert and marking a key turning point in the Herero and Namaqua genocide.
  • D. Battle of Misiche
    The Battle of Misiche was a major 3rd-century clash in which the Sasanian Empire under Shapur I decisively defeated the Romans and captured Emperor Valerian, marking a significant turning point in Roman–Persian relations.
  • E. Battle of Ingogo
    The Battle of Ingogo was an 1881 engagement of the First Anglo-Boer War in which British and Boer forces clashed in difficult terrain and severe weather, resulting in heavy British casualties and an indecisive outcome.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Cassinga
Target entity description: The Battle of Cassinga was a controversial 1978 airborne assault by South African forces on a SWAPO camp in Angola, widely debated as either a major military success or a massacre of civilians.
  • A. Battle of Nyezane
    The Battle of Nyezane was an 1879 engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War in which British colonial forces repelled a Zulu attack while advancing to relieve the mission station at Eshowe.
  • B. Battle of Maqongqo
    The Battle of Maqongqo was a decisive 1840 conflict in which Mpande kaSenzangakhona, with Boer support, defeated Dingane, leading to Mpande’s ascension as king of the Zulu Kingdom.
  • C. Battle of Waterberg
    The Battle of Waterberg was a decisive 1904 military engagement in German South West Africa in which German colonial forces defeated the Herero, triggering their mass flight into the desert and marking a key turning point in the Herero and Namaqua genocide.
  • D. Battle of Misiche
    The Battle of Misiche was a major 3rd-century clash in which the Sasanian Empire under Shapur I decisively defeated the Romans and captured Emperor Valerian, marking a significant turning point in Roman–Persian relations.
  • E. Battle of Ingogo
    The Battle of Ingogo was an 1881 engagement of the First Anglo-Boer War in which British and Boer forces clashed in difficult terrain and severe weather, resulting in heavy British casualties and an indecisive outcome.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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.