Triple

T2626568
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Salisbury E59130 entity
Predicate significantEvent P259 FINISHED
Object became capital of Southern Rhodesia in 1890s
Salisbury was the former name of Harare, the capital city of present-day Zimbabwe.
E283468 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: became capital of Southern Rhodesia in 1890s | Statement: [Salisbury, significantEvent, became capital of Southern Rhodesia in 1890s]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: became capital of Southern Rhodesia in 1890s
Context triple: [Salisbury, significantEvent, became capital of Southern Rhodesia in 1890s]
  • A. Southern Rhodesia–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932
    The Southern Rhodesia–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932 was a bilateral economic accord establishing preferential trade arrangements between the British colony of Southern Rhodesia and the United Kingdom as part of the wider Imperial Economic Conference framework.
  • B. Bulawayo City Hall
    Bulawayo City Hall is the main municipal building and administrative center of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, housing the city’s local government offices and council chambers.
  • C. 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.
  • D. British protectorate administration in Northern Rhodesia
    The British protectorate administration in Northern Rhodesia was the colonial governmental authority that directly governed the territory (now Zambia) on behalf of the British Crown after the end of company rule.
  • E. British occupation of Bloemfontein
    The British occupation of Bloemfontein was a key phase of the Second Boer War during which British forces captured and held the Orange Free State capital, marking a major strategic and symbolic setback for the Boer republics.
  • 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: became capital of Southern Rhodesia in 1890s
Triple: [Salisbury, significantEvent, became capital of Southern Rhodesia in 1890s]
Generated description
Salisbury was the former name of Harare, the capital city of present-day Zimbabwe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: became capital of Southern Rhodesia in 1890s
Target entity description: Salisbury was the former name of Harare, the capital city of present-day Zimbabwe.
  • A. Southern Rhodesia–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932
    The Southern Rhodesia–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932 was a bilateral economic accord establishing preferential trade arrangements between the British colony of Southern Rhodesia and the United Kingdom as part of the wider Imperial Economic Conference framework.
  • B. Bulawayo City Hall
    Bulawayo City Hall is the main municipal building and administrative center of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, housing the city’s local government offices and council chambers.
  • C. 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.
  • D. British protectorate administration in Northern Rhodesia
    The British protectorate administration in Northern Rhodesia was the colonial governmental authority that directly governed the territory (now Zambia) on behalf of the British Crown after the end of company rule.
  • E. British occupation of Bloemfontein
    The British occupation of Bloemfontein was a key phase of the Second Boer War during which British forces captured and held the Orange Free State capital, marking a major strategic and symbolic setback for the Boer republics.
  • 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_69ab4ac558388190962492cd2e1b0ce6 completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd8b1bd348190a4be25caa82d2eb1 completed March 7, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af90a06c4c81908cc4dca65f2190bd completed March 10, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af92089ef48190bcc31106e98e3cdf completed March 10, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af927bb1d0819081ab11eb4470e28d completed March 10, 2026, 3:39 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.