Triple
T18038283
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Damara Council (historical) |
E431570
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalContext |
P36
|
FINISHED |
| Object | South African administration of South West Africa |
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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: South African administration of South West Africa | Statement: [Damara Council (historical), historicalContext, South African administration of South West Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African administration of South West Africa Context triple: [Damara Council (historical), historicalContext, South African administration of South West Africa]
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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.
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B.
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.
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C.
Territory of South West Africa
The Territory of South West Africa was a former German colony and later South African-administered mandate in southern Africa that ultimately became the independent nation of Namibia.
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D.
Boer Republic of Natalia
The Boer Republic of Natalia was a short-lived 19th-century Boer-ruled republic in southeastern Africa that existed before being incorporated into British-controlled Natal.
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E.
British Protectorate of Basutoland
The British Protectorate of Basutoland was a southern African territory under British colonial rule from the late 19th century until 1966, when it gained independence as the Kingdom of Lesotho.
- 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_69d8b9050fb48190890155145deb0a66 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4be3bc3208190a6db569e79f06232 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 11:36 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:25 a.m.