Triple
T2026191
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Siege of Ladysmith |
E44412
|
entity |
| Predicate | countryAtTime |
P878
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Colony of Natal |
E159370
|
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: Colony of Natal | Statement: [Siege of Ladysmith, countryAtTime, Colony of Natal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colony of Natal Context triple: [Siege of Ladysmith, countryAtTime, Colony of Natal]
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A.
Colony of Natal
chosen
The Colony of Natal was a British colonial territory in southeastern Africa, centered on the port of Durban, that existed from the mid-19th century until it became part of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
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B.
Cape Colony
Cape Colony was a former European settlement and strategic refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa that developed into a key hub of trade, migration, and colonial expansion.
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C.
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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D.
Dominion of South Africa
The Dominion of South Africa was a self-governing British dominion (1910–1961) that participated in both World Wars and formed the historical predecessor to the modern Republic of South Africa.
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E.
KwaZulu homeland
KwaZulu homeland was a former apartheid-era Bantustan in South Africa designated for Zulu people before being reincorporated into the modern province of KwaZulu-Natal.
- 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_69a889144f2481909932f0746a93023d |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb91055d88190a980e7b42e5895d4 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae270d7740819084f67c5f92a9995d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.