Triple
T22254631
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Prince Dabulamanzi kaMpande |
E550065
|
entity |
| Predicate | conflictWith |
P4897
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FINISHED |
| Object | British colonial forces in Natal |
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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: British colonial forces in Natal | Statement: [Prince Dabulamanzi kaMpande, conflictWith, British colonial forces in Natal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British colonial forces in Natal Context triple: [Prince Dabulamanzi kaMpande, conflictWith, British colonial forces in Natal]
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A.
British colonial authorities in Natal
chosen
British colonial authorities in Natal were the representatives of the British Empire governing the Natal colony in southeastern Africa, exerting political, military, and economic influence over local African polities and settler society in the 19th century.
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B.
British military campaign in the Orange Free State
The British military campaign in the Orange Free State was a key phase of the Second Boer War (1899–1902) in which British forces invaded and occupied the Boer republic of the Orange Free State to secure strategic towns, railways, and resources.
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C.
British colonial forces in East Africa
British colonial forces in East Africa were the military units of the British Empire responsible for asserting and maintaining imperial control across East African territories during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
British campaign in the Transvaal
The British campaign in the Transvaal was a phase of the Second Boer War in which British forces sought to conquer and pacify the Boer-controlled Transvaal Republic through a series of major battles and counter-guerrilla operations.
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E.
Natal colonial forces
The Natal colonial forces were British-aligned military units raised in the Colony of Natal, composed largely of local settlers and auxiliaries who fought in regional conflicts such as the Anglo-Zulu War.
- 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_69e11e42adb8819087714772ea606709 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f138c1d70881908df47b0f818c0022 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 10:46 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:39 p.m.