Triple
T263278
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Great Trek |
E5798
|
entity |
| Predicate | significantEvent |
P259
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
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.
|
E35750
|
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: Murder of Piet Retief | Statement: [Great Trek, significantEvent, Murder of Piet Retief]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Murder of Piet Retief Context triple: [Great Trek, significantEvent, Murder of Piet Retief]
-
A.
Battle of Blood River
The Battle of Blood River was a decisive 1838 clash in which Voortrekker forces defeated the Zulu Kingdom in present-day South Africa, significantly shaping the region’s colonial and Afrikaner nationalist history.
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B.
Turner's Falls massacre
The Turner's Falls massacre was a brutal 1676 attack by English colonial militia on a Native American encampment during King Philip's War, resulting in the deaths of many Indigenous people, including women and children.
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C.
Morant Bay Rebellion
The Morant Bay Rebellion was an 1865 uprising by Black Jamaicans protesting poverty, injustice, and colonial oppression, which was brutally suppressed and led to major changes in British colonial governance.
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D.
Indian Creek massacre
The Indian Creek massacre was an 1832 attack during the Black Hawk War in which a group of Potawatomi and Sauk warriors killed and captured settlers near present-day Earlville, Illinois.
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E.
Kingsmill massacre
The Kingsmill massacre was a 1976 sectarian attack in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, in which gunmen stopped a minibus and murdered ten Protestant workmen during the height of the Troubles.
- 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: Murder of Piet Retief Triple: [Great Trek, significantEvent, Murder of Piet Retief]
Generated description
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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Murder of Piet Retief Target entity description: 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.
-
A.
Battle of Blood River
The Battle of Blood River was a decisive 1838 clash in which Voortrekker forces defeated the Zulu Kingdom in present-day South Africa, significantly shaping the region’s colonial and Afrikaner nationalist history.
-
B.
Turner's Falls massacre
The Turner's Falls massacre was a brutal 1676 attack by English colonial militia on a Native American encampment during King Philip's War, resulting in the deaths of many Indigenous people, including women and children.
-
C.
Morant Bay Rebellion
The Morant Bay Rebellion was an 1865 uprising by Black Jamaicans protesting poverty, injustice, and colonial oppression, which was brutally suppressed and led to major changes in British colonial governance.
-
D.
Indian Creek massacre
The Indian Creek massacre was an 1832 attack during the Black Hawk War in which a group of Potawatomi and Sauk warriors killed and captured settlers near present-day Earlville, Illinois.
-
E.
Kingsmill massacre
The Kingsmill massacre was a 1976 sectarian attack in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, in which gunmen stopped a minibus and murdered ten Protestant workmen during the height of the Troubles.
- 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_69a258dd8ea08190ac554a1cc8dfd8c3 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:54 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25d8c7f448190af9145256f994177 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:14 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3914d5cd08190bd755e1e65feee2a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 1:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a391c9c44c8190a33ca57039c6c68c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 1:09 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a392441684819090076d46960a0e22 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 1:11 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.