Triple
T2877423
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lobengula Khumalo |
E56909
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWithEvent |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Shangani Patrol incident
The Shangani Patrol incident was a famous 1893 battle in which a small British South Africa Company patrol was annihilated while pursuing King Lobengula during the First Matabele War in present-day Zimbabwe.
|
E307234
|
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: Shangani Patrol incident | Statement: [Lobengula Khumalo, associatedWithEvent, Shangani Patrol incident]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shangani Patrol incident Context triple: [Lobengula Khumalo, associatedWithEvent, Shangani Patrol incident]
-
A.
Sian Incident
The Sian Incident was a 1936 political crisis in China in which Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was detained by his own generals, leading to a negotiated United Front between the Nationalists and Communists against Japanese aggression.
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B.
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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C.
Fashoda Incident
The Fashoda Incident was an 1898 imperial confrontation between Britain and France in Sudan that nearly triggered war and symbolized the climax of their colonial rivalry in Africa.
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D.
Xhosa cattle-killing movement
The Xhosa cattle-killing movement was a mid-19th-century millenarian prophecy-led movement among the Xhosa that called for the mass slaughter of cattle and destruction of crops in the belief it would bring about the resurrection of ancestors and the expulsion of colonial settlers, ultimately resulting in a devastating famine.
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E.
Banda Islands massacre
The Banda Islands massacre was a brutal 1621 campaign by the Dutch East India Company to exterminate or expel the indigenous population of the Banda Islands in order to secure a monopoly over the lucrative nutmeg trade.
- 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: Shangani Patrol incident Triple: [Lobengula Khumalo, associatedWithEvent, Shangani Patrol incident]
Generated description
The Shangani Patrol incident was a famous 1893 battle in which a small British South Africa Company patrol was annihilated while pursuing King Lobengula during the First Matabele War in present-day Zimbabwe.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shangani Patrol incident Target entity description: The Shangani Patrol incident was a famous 1893 battle in which a small British South Africa Company patrol was annihilated while pursuing King Lobengula during the First Matabele War in present-day Zimbabwe.
-
A.
Sian Incident
The Sian Incident was a 1936 political crisis in China in which Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was detained by his own generals, leading to a negotiated United Front between the Nationalists and Communists against Japanese aggression.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Fashoda Incident
The Fashoda Incident was an 1898 imperial confrontation between Britain and France in Sudan that nearly triggered war and symbolized the climax of their colonial rivalry in Africa.
-
D.
Xhosa cattle-killing movement
The Xhosa cattle-killing movement was a mid-19th-century millenarian prophecy-led movement among the Xhosa that called for the mass slaughter of cattle and destruction of crops in the belief it would bring about the resurrection of ancestors and the expulsion of colonial settlers, ultimately resulting in a devastating famine.
-
E.
Banda Islands massacre
The Banda Islands massacre was a brutal 1621 campaign by the Dutch East India Company to exterminate or expel the indigenous population of the Banda Islands in order to secure a monopoly over the lucrative nutmeg trade.
- 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_69ab4a4ced288190ab6d3e062d10f7f6 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abe007329c8190b0bc1851c7307124 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b03158d0ec8190ba9675ece8f62033 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 2:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b033afe0e08190b6fbf0ec786a71eb |
completed | March 10, 2026, 3:07 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b03437b4d081908c02c01a4dd665b1 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 3:09 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:03 p.m.