Triple
T23430682
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dingiswayo |
E563319
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | King of the Mthethwa |
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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 Mthethwa | Statement: [Dingiswayo, positionHeld, King of the Mthethwa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: King of the Mthethwa Context triple: [Dingiswayo, positionHeld, King of the Mthethwa]
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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 Bapedi
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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C.
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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D.
King Mzilikazi kaMashobane
King Mzilikazi kaMashobane was a 19th-century Southern African monarch who founded the Ndebele (Matabele) nation and established a powerful kingdom in what is now western Zimbabwe.
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E.
King of the Xhosa
The King of the Xhosa is the paramount traditional monarch and symbolic leader of the Xhosa people of South Africa.
- 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 Mthethwa Target entity description: King of the Mthethwa was the title held by the early 19th-century southern African ruler who led the Mthethwa paramountcy and played a key role in the rise of the Zulu kingdom.
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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 Bapedi
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.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
King Mzilikazi kaMashobane
King Mzilikazi kaMashobane was a 19th-century Southern African monarch who founded the Ndebele (Matabele) nation and established a powerful kingdom in what is now western Zimbabwe.
-
E.
King of the Xhosa
The King of the Xhosa is the paramount traditional monarch and symbolic leader of the Xhosa people of South Africa.
- 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_69e24553980c8190bb66a2ae0bdab125 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1a5d8130881909e4f3455afef1804 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 6:31 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:48 p.m.