Triple
T2420226
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lichtenburg, Transvaal |
E53400
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Western Transvaal |
E14155
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Western Transvaal | Statement: [Lichtenburg, Transvaal, partOf, Western Transvaal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Transvaal Context triple: [Lichtenburg, Transvaal, partOf, Western Transvaal]
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A.
Transvaal
chosen
Transvaal was a former Boer republic and later British colony in what is now northeastern South Africa, central to the conflicts and politics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
South Rhodes
South Rhodes is a municipal unit on the island of Rhodes in Greece, known for its coastal villages, beaches, and relatively undeveloped natural landscapes.
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C.
Thembuland
Thembuland is a historical region in South Africa that served as the traditional homeland of the Thembu people, an Nguni-speaking group to which figures like Nelson Mandela belong.
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D.
Highveld
The Highveld is a high-altitude grassland plateau in central South Africa known for its extensive farming, mining, and major cities such as Johannesburg and Pretoria.
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E.
Griqualand West
Griqualand West was a 19th-century British colonial territory in southern Africa, centered on the diamond-rich area around Kimberley.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ab495c44d48190b7235b23719bc3f6 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc96f97e08190978b2d873ab88859 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:45 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af177ff6508190b549227f4cfd9876 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:54 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.