Triple
T1962657
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Isandlwana |
E42620
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British invasion of Zululand |
E135661
|
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: British invasion of Zululand | Statement: [Battle of Isandlwana, precededBy, British invasion of Zululand]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British invasion of Zululand Context triple: [Battle of Isandlwana, precededBy, British invasion of Zululand]
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A.
Anglo-Zulu War
chosen
The Anglo-Zulu War was an 1879 conflict in southern Africa between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom, marked by famous battles such as Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift and resulting in the eventual defeat and dismantling of the Zulu state.
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B.
Boer–Zulu conflicts
The Boer–Zulu conflicts were a series of 19th-century clashes in southern Africa between Boer settlers and the Zulu Kingdom over land, political control, and regional dominance.
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C.
Siege of Ladysmith
The Siege of Ladysmith was a major engagement of the Second Boer War (1899–1902) in which British forces were encircled and besieged by Boer commandos in the town of Ladysmith in present-day South Africa.
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D.
Siege of Kimberley
The Siege of Kimberley was a key early engagement of the Second Boer War in which Boer forces surrounded the diamond-mining town of Kimberley, South Africa, prompting a prolonged British defense and a high-profile relief effort.
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E.
Basuto Wars
The Basuto Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts in southern Africa between the Basotho people and neighboring Boer republics, primarily over land and political control.
- 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_69ae1fd49e3c8190ac7b29b51b122505 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.