Triple
T2549209
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Smithfield district, Orange Free State |
E57978
|
entity |
| Predicate | sovereignStateDuringExistence |
P11777
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Orange Free State |
E30172
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Orange Free State | Statement: [Smithfield district, Orange Free State, sovereignStateDuringExistence, Orange Free State]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orange Free State Context triple: [Smithfield district, Orange Free State, sovereignStateDuringExistence, Orange Free State]
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A.
Orange Free State
chosen
The Orange Free State was a 19th-century independent Boer republic in southern Africa that later became a British colony following the Second Boer War.
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B.
KwaZulu homeland
KwaZulu homeland was a former apartheid-era Bantustan in South Africa designated for Zulu people before being reincorporated into the modern province of KwaZulu-Natal.
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C.
Boer Republic of Natalia
The Boer Republic of Natalia was a short-lived 19th-century Boer-ruled republic in southeastern Africa that existed before being incorporated into British-controlled Natal.
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D.
South African Republic
The South African Republic, also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled state in southern Africa during the 19th century that later became part of modern South Africa.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: sovereignStateDuringExistence Context triple: [Smithfield district, Orange Free State, sovereignStateDuringExistence, Orange Free State]
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A.
sovereignStateDuring
chosen
Indicates that one entity functioned as the sovereign state governing another entity during a specified time period.
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B.
sovereignState
Indicates that an entity is recognized as an independent, self-governing state with ultimate authority over its territory and not subject to any higher political power.
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C.
denotesSovereignState
Indicates that one entity designates or identifies another entity as a sovereign, independent state.
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D.
hasSovereignState
Indicates that one entity is the sovereign state that has ultimate authority or jurisdiction over another entity.
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E.
countryAtTheTime
Indicates that an entity is associated with a specific country as it existed at a particular point in time.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69ab4a5212d88190b989ce129f2ad87f |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd5a33234819082ad49fa6594b6be |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:37 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afaf3b61fc8190988484bedc5b57a0 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 5:42 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69abd0c8b6f08190a68645db3e8b779a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:16 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.