Triple
T22953483
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Ulundi |
E570085
|
entity |
| Predicate | combatant |
P375
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Zulu army |
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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: Zulu army | Statement: [Battle of Ulundi, combatant, Zulu army]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zulu army Context triple: [Battle of Ulundi, combatant, Zulu army]
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A.
Zulu Army
chosen
The Zulu Army was the highly disciplined and formidable military force of the Zulu Kingdom in southern Africa, renowned for its tactical innovations and major victories during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
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B.
Boer forces
Boer forces were the predominantly mounted, guerrilla-style republican commandos of the South African Boers that fought against the British Empire during the Anglo-Boer Wars.
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C.
Pretoria Regiment
The Pretoria Regiment is a historic armoured regiment of the South African Army known for its service in multiple 20th-century conflicts and its role within the South African Armoured Corps.
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D.
South African Brigade
The South African Brigade was a World War I infantry formation of the Union of South Africa that fought as part of the British Army, noted for its heavy losses and bravery on the Western Front.
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E.
Bushveldt Carbineers
The Bushveldt Carbineers was an irregular mounted infantry unit of the British Army in the Second Boer War, notorious for its harsh counter-guerrilla operations and the controversial court-martial of several of its officers, including Harry "Breaker" Morant.
- 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_69e2459199d08190a8184ee2aa935842 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f181a34c30819099ff4812500a0991 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:57 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:46 p.m.