Triple
T2462916
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British South Africa Company |
E54573
|
entity |
| Predicate | involvedInConflict |
P1406
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Shona uprisings of 1896–1897
The Shona uprisings of 1896–1897 were a major anti-colonial revolt by the Shona people in what is now Zimbabwe, resisting European conquest and administration during the early period of British colonial rule.
|
E268354
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Shona uprisings of 1896–1897 | Statement: [British South Africa Company, involvedInConflict, Shona uprisings of 1896–1897]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shona uprisings of 1896–1897 Context triple: [British South Africa Company, involvedInConflict, Shona uprisings of 1896–1897]
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A.
Basuto Wars
The Basuto Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts in southern Africa between the Basotho people and neighboring Boer republics, primarily over land and political control.
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B.
Xhosa Wars
The Xhosa Wars were a series of 19th-century frontier conflicts in South Africa between the Xhosa peoples and European colonial powers, primarily the British, over land and political control in the Eastern Cape region.
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C.
Murder of Piet Retief
The Murder of Piet Retief was a pivotal 1838 killing of the Voortrekker leader and his delegation by Zulu King Dingane, an event that dramatically escalated conflict during the Great Trek in South Africa.
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D.
Anglo-Zulu War
The Anglo-Zulu War was an 1879 conflict in southern Africa between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom, marked by famous battles such as Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift and resulting in the eventual defeat and dismantling of the Zulu state.
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E.
Zanzibar Revolution
The Zanzibar Revolution was a 1964 uprising that overthrew the Sultanate of Zanzibar and led to the island’s merger with Tanganyika to form modern Tanzania.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Shona uprisings of 1896–1897 Triple: [British South Africa Company, involvedInConflict, Shona uprisings of 1896–1897]
Generated description
The Shona uprisings of 1896–1897 were a major anti-colonial revolt by the Shona people in what is now Zimbabwe, resisting European conquest and administration during the early period of British colonial rule.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shona uprisings of 1896–1897 Target entity description: The Shona uprisings of 1896–1897 were a major anti-colonial revolt by the Shona people in what is now Zimbabwe, resisting European conquest and administration during the early period of British colonial rule.
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A.
Basuto Wars
The Basuto Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts in southern Africa between the Basotho people and neighboring Boer republics, primarily over land and political control.
-
B.
Xhosa Wars
The Xhosa Wars were a series of 19th-century frontier conflicts in South Africa between the Xhosa peoples and European colonial powers, primarily the British, over land and political control in the Eastern Cape region.
-
C.
Murder of Piet Retief
The Murder of Piet Retief was a pivotal 1838 killing of the Voortrekker leader and his delegation by Zulu King Dingane, an event that dramatically escalated conflict during the Great Trek in South Africa.
-
D.
Anglo-Zulu War
The Anglo-Zulu War was an 1879 conflict in southern Africa between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom, marked by famous battles such as Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift and resulting in the eventual defeat and dismantling of the Zulu state.
-
E.
Zanzibar Revolution
The Zanzibar Revolution was a 1964 uprising that overthrew the Sultanate of Zanzibar and led to the island’s merger with Tanganyika to form modern Tanzania.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69ab49dee84c819096b50a0049c347ac |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd11f093c8190877db3026d430bd5 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:17 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aef0d561a081909310113658b98f12 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aef8380d24819092b6502117a8ed42 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aef936b86c81908573ea73314fe6a9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:45 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.