Triple
T1962627
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zulu people |
E42619
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableLeader |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mangosuthu Buthelezi |
E190873
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Mangosuthu Buthelezi | Statement: [Zulu people, notableLeader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mangosuthu Buthelezi Context triple: [Zulu people, notableLeader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi]
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A.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
chosen
Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a prominent South African Zulu leader and founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party who played a controversial but significant role in the country’s transition from apartheid to democracy.
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B.
Lobengula Khumalo
Lobengula Khumalo was the second and last king of the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom in what is now Zimbabwe, known for his resistance to British colonial encroachment in the late 19th century.
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C.
Thabo Makgoba
Thabo Makgoba is the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town and a prominent South African religious leader known for his role in church governance and social justice advocacy.
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D.
Oliver Tambo
Oliver Tambo was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist and long-serving president of the African National Congress who played a key role in building its international support and guiding the liberation struggle in exile.
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E.
Njongonkulu Ndungane
Njongonkulu Ndungane is a South African Anglican cleric who served as Archbishop of Cape Town and was a prominent anti-apartheid activist and church leader.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88711151c8190940b2572095059d7 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb3ac31a08190abaecac8badc52c7 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae30467f2c8190adc3e619396c0f08 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:28 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.