Triple

T2582728
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Orange River E57129 entity
Predicate formsBorderOf P14046 FINISHED
Object South Africa–Namibia border
The South Africa–Namibia border is an international boundary in southern Africa that largely follows the course of the Orange River, separating Namibia to the north from South Africa to the south.
E280261 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: South Africa–Namibia border | Statement: [Orange River, formsBorderOf, South Africa–Namibia border]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South Africa–Namibia border
Context triple: [Orange River, formsBorderOf, South Africa–Namibia border]
  • A. Zimbabwe–Zambia border
    The Zimbabwe–Zambia border is an international boundary in southern Africa that runs largely along the Zambezi River and includes the famous Victoria Falls.
  • B. Chad–Sudan border
    The Chad–Sudan border is a long, sparsely populated frontier in central Africa that separates eastern Chad from western Sudan and is home to diverse ethnic groups and languages.
  • C. Ethiopia–South Sudan border
    The Ethiopia–South Sudan border is a remote, ethnolinguistically diverse frontier region in East Africa where various indigenous communities, including Koman language speakers, live and interact.
  • D. Namibia and Botswana
    Namibia and Botswana are neighboring countries in Southern Africa known for their vast deserts, rich wildlife, and major river systems that shape their shared ecosystems and borders.
  • E. Namibia
    Namibia is a sparsely populated country in southwestern Africa known for its dramatic desert landscapes, diverse wildlife, and a legal system influenced by Roman-Dutch law.
  • 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: South Africa–Namibia border
Triple: [Orange River, formsBorderOf, South Africa–Namibia border]
Generated description
The South Africa–Namibia border is an international boundary in southern Africa that largely follows the course of the Orange River, separating Namibia to the north from South Africa to the south.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South Africa–Namibia border
Target entity description: The South Africa–Namibia border is an international boundary in southern Africa that largely follows the course of the Orange River, separating Namibia to the north from South Africa to the south.
  • A. Zimbabwe–Zambia border
    The Zimbabwe–Zambia border is an international boundary in southern Africa that runs largely along the Zambezi River and includes the famous Victoria Falls.
  • B. Chad–Sudan border
    The Chad–Sudan border is a long, sparsely populated frontier in central Africa that separates eastern Chad from western Sudan and is home to diverse ethnic groups and languages.
  • C. Ethiopia–South Sudan border
    The Ethiopia–South Sudan border is a remote, ethnolinguistically diverse frontier region in East Africa where various indigenous communities, including Koman language speakers, live and interact.
  • D. Namibia and Botswana
    Namibia and Botswana are neighboring countries in Southern Africa known for their vast deserts, rich wildlife, and major river systems that shape their shared ecosystems and borders.
  • E. Namibia
    Namibia is a sparsely populated country in southwestern Africa known for its dramatic desert landscapes, diverse wildlife, and a legal system influenced by Roman-Dutch law.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: formsBorderOf
Context triple: [Orange River, formsBorderOf, South Africa–Namibia border]
  • A. formsEdgeOf
    Indicates that one entity constitutes a boundary or outer limit of another entity.
  • B. borderColor
    Indicates the color that forms the boundary or outline of an entity.
  • C. borderedBy
    Indicates that one entity shares a common boundary or edge with another entity.
  • D. borderCharacteristic
    Indicates that one entity specifies a property, feature, or quality of the border or boundary of another entity.
  • E. borderDefinedBy chosen
    Indicates that the boundary or limit of one entity is determined, shaped, or delineated by another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ab4a4dca6481908c301f8e317396e7 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd3c9d0548190b29743ac1d7837ff completed March 7, 2026, 7:29 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af657cc2b08190a9055d6da7744851 completed March 10, 2026, 12:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af69a66078819084f341b052860751 completed March 10, 2026, 12:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af6a071f1c8190b2a707a0c98ddc94 completed March 10, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abd0cfeae08190aed03866ba071c5c completed March 7, 2026, 7:16 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:49 p.m.