Triple
T3212128
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Northwestern Zambia |
E67303
|
entity |
| Predicate | headwatersOf |
P25636
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Zambezi River |
E12331
|
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: Zambezi River | Statement: [Northwestern Zambia, headwatersOf, Zambezi River]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zambezi River Context triple: [Northwestern Zambia, headwatersOf, Zambezi River]
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A.
Zambezi River
chosen
The Zambezi River is one of Africa’s largest rivers, famed for Victoria Falls and its role as a vital waterway and natural border in southern Africa.
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B.
Kafue River
The Kafue River is one of Zambia’s major rivers, flowing through the Kafue Flats and Kafue National Park before joining the Zambezi and supporting significant hydropower, agriculture, and wildlife habitats.
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C.
Limpopo River
The Limpopo River is a major river in southern Africa that flows eastward from central southern Africa to the Indian Ocean, forming parts of the borders between several countries including South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe.
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D.
Tugela River
The Tugela River is one of South Africa’s major rivers, flowing through the province of KwaZulu-Natal from the Drakensberg Mountains to the Indian Ocean.
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E.
Kosi
Kosi is a major Himalayan river in northern India and Nepal, often called the "Sorrow of Bihar" for its frequent and devastating floods before joining the Ganges.
- 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: headwatersOf Context triple: [Northwestern Zambia, headwatersOf, Zambezi River]
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A.
majorRiverSource
Indicates that one entity is the primary originating source or headwaters location of a major river.
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B.
sourceOfWatercourse
chosen
Indicates that one entity is the origin or starting point from which a watercourse (such as a river or stream) begins or flows.
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C.
mouthOfTheWatercourse
Indicates the location where a watercourse ends and flows into a larger body of water.
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D.
receivesFreshwaterFrom
Indicates that one entity is supplied with or obtains freshwater from another entity as its source.
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E.
tributarySystem
Indicates a relationship where one political entity pays regular tribute or offers deference to another, acknowledging the latter’s superior authority or status.
- 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_69ad858ac36c81909962589cd277d6e2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adaaba224c8190ad2f4e0ed1c2ca4a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b44ed5f23c8190bfd1fb6370aad390 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 5:52 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69ad9e09b83881908801d79c3d9254f9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:04 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.