Triple
T23122186
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Kambula |
E576923
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entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
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FINISHED |
| Object | Battle of Hlobane |
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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: Battle of Hlobane | Statement: [Battle of Kambula, precededBy, Battle of Hlobane]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Hlobane Context triple: [Battle of Kambula, precededBy, Battle of Hlobane]
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A.
Battle of Hlobane
chosen
The Battle of Hlobane was a 1879 engagement during the Anglo-Zulu War in which Zulu forces inflicted a significant defeat on a British-led mounted column amid rugged mountainous terrain in Zululand.
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B.
Battle of Ysterspruit
The Battle of Ysterspruit was a Second Boer War engagement in 1902 in which Boer forces under General Koos de la Rey ambushed and defeated a British column in the western Transvaal.
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C.
Battle of Mhlatuze River
The Battle of Mhlatuze River was a decisive early 19th-century conflict in which Shaka Zulu’s forces defeated the Ndwandwe, consolidating Zulu power in southeastern Africa.
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D.
Battle of Bronkhorstspruit
The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit was an 1880 engagement in the Transvaal where Boer forces ambushed and decisively defeated a British column early in the First Boer War.
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E.
Battle of the Modder River
The Battle of the Modder River was a major engagement of the Second Boer War in November 1899, in which British forces attempted to relieve the besieged town of Kimberley by attacking Boer defensive positions along the Modder River in South Africa.
- 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_69e245f6c2e881909a228fdcfeb7c7d3 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f18e50c500819095d59aef44388153 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:51 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:59 p.m.