Triple
T23430712
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dingiswayo |
E563319
|
entity |
| Predicate | governed |
P760
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mthethwa people |
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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 people | Statement: [Dingiswayo, governed, Mthethwa people]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mthethwa people Context triple: [Dingiswayo, governed, Mthethwa people]
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A.
Mthethwa people
chosen
The Mthethwa people are a historical Nguni-speaking group from what is now KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, known for forming a powerful pre-Zulu confederation under leaders such as Dingiswayo.
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B.
Thembu people
The Thembu people are a Xhosa-speaking ethnic group from South Africa’s Eastern Cape region, historically ruled by a royal lineage that includes figures such as Nelson Mandela.
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C.
Gcaleka Xhosa people
The Gcaleka Xhosa people are a major subgroup of the Xhosa nation in South Africa, historically centered in the Eastern Cape and known for their distinct chieftaincy and cultural traditions.
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D.
Mpondo people
The Mpondo people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, known for their distinct language, cultural traditions, and historical kingdom of Pondoland.
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E.
BaTlokwa people
The BaTlokwa people are a Sotho-Tswana ethnic group of Southern Africa known for their distinct chieftaincy lineages, cultural traditions, and historical settlements in areas of present-day Botswana, South Africa, and Lesotho.
- 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.