Triple

T17634756
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject South African Border War E430065 entity
Predicate legalContext P2132 FINISHED
Object South African occupation of South West Africa 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: South African occupation of South West Africa | Statement: [South African Border War, legalContext, South African occupation of South West Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African occupation of South West Africa
Context triple: [South African Border War, legalContext, South African occupation of South West Africa]
  • A. South African occupation of South West Africa chosen
    The South African occupation of South West Africa was the decades-long control and administration of present-day Namibia by apartheid-era South Africa, marked by racial segregation, international disputes, and a protracted struggle for independence.
  • B. South-West Africa Campaign
    The South-West Africa Campaign was a World War I military operation in which South African forces invaded and defeated German colonial rule in present-day Namibia.
  • C. German colonial administration of German South West Africa
    The German colonial administration of German South West Africa was the governing authority established by the German Empire to control and administer its colony in present-day Namibia from the late 19th century until World War I.
  • D. Boer invasion of Cape Colony
    The Boer invasion of Cape Colony was an early Second Boer War campaign in which Boer forces crossed into British-controlled Cape territory, triggering key engagements and sieges such as those at Kimberley and Mafeking.
  • E. British occupation of Bloemfontein
    The British occupation of Bloemfontein was a key phase of the Second Boer War during which British forces captured and held the Orange Free State capital, marking a major strategic and symbolic setback for the Boer republics.
  • 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.