Triple
T23430706
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dingiswayo |
E563319
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mthethwa confederation |
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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: Mthethwa confederation | Statement: [Dingiswayo, partOf, Mthethwa confederation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mthethwa confederation Context triple: [Dingiswayo, partOf, Mthethwa confederation]
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A.
Mthethwa Kingdom
The Mthethwa Kingdom was a powerful pre-Zulu Nguni polity in southeastern Africa that played a key role in the rise of Shaka and the formation of the Zulu Kingdom.
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B.
Mthethwa Paramountcy
chosen
The Mthethwa Paramountcy was a powerful pre-Zulu confederation of Nguni chiefdoms in southeastern Africa that laid the political and military foundations for the rise of the Zulu Kingdom.
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C.
Ndwandwe kingdom
The Ndwandwe kingdom was a powerful early 19th-century Nguni state in southeastern Africa that rivaled the Zulu Kingdom before being defeated and dispersed during the Mfecane.
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D.
Thembu kingdom
The Thembu kingdom is a traditional Xhosa-speaking monarchy in South Africa, historically based in the Eastern Cape and known as the ancestral realm of prominent leaders including Nelson Mandela.
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E.
Ndebele Kingdom
The Ndebele Kingdom was a 19th-century southern African state founded by King Mzilikazi after breaking away from the Zulu Kingdom, centered in what is now western Zimbabwe.
- 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_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.