Triple
T21665776
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sekhukhune I |
E534711
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | King of the Bapedi |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: King of the Bapedi | Statement: [Sekhukhune I, positionHeld, King of the Bapedi]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: King of the Bapedi Context triple: [Sekhukhune I, positionHeld, King of the Bapedi]
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A.
King of the AbaThembu
The King of the AbaThembu is the hereditary monarch and highest traditional authority of the Thembu people, a Xhosa-speaking ethnic group in South Africa.
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B.
King of the Ndebele
The King of the Ndebele was the hereditary monarch and supreme political and military leader of the Ndebele (Matabele) people in what is now Zimbabwe.
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C.
King of the Xhosa
The King of the Xhosa is the paramount traditional monarch and symbolic leader of the Xhosa people of South Africa.
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D.
King Gcaleka kaPhalo
King Gcaleka kaPhalo was an 18th-century Xhosa monarch and founder of the Gcaleka royal lineage, which became the senior branch of the Xhosa nation.
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E.
Lobengula
Lobengula 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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: King of the Bapedi Target entity description: King of the Bapedi is the traditional monarch of the Bapedi (Pedi) people of South Africa, historically central to their political leadership, land defense, and cultural identity.
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A.
King of the AbaThembu
The King of the AbaThembu is the hereditary monarch and highest traditional authority of the Thembu people, a Xhosa-speaking ethnic group in South Africa.
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B.
King of the Ndebele
The King of the Ndebele was the hereditary monarch and supreme political and military leader of the Ndebele (Matabele) people in what is now Zimbabwe.
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C.
King of the Xhosa
The King of the Xhosa is the paramount traditional monarch and symbolic leader of the Xhosa people of South Africa.
-
D.
King Gcaleka kaPhalo
King Gcaleka kaPhalo was an 18th-century Xhosa monarch and founder of the Gcaleka royal lineage, which became the senior branch of the Xhosa nation.
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E.
Lobengula
Lobengula 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.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69e0c467e1f48190af2650b19175abc4 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ef6c0b26c8819092c13e59dcc3c25c |
completed | April 27, 2026, 2 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:36 p.m.