Triple
T5158310
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shashe River |
E116368
|
entity |
| Predicate | locatedIn |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Botswana–Zimbabwe border region |
E160088
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Botswana–Zimbabwe border region | Statement: [Shashe River, locatedIn, Botswana–Zimbabwe border region]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Botswana–Zimbabwe border region Context triple: [Shashe River, locatedIn, Botswana–Zimbabwe border region]
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A.
Zimbabwe–South Africa border
The Zimbabwe–South Africa border is an international boundary in southern Africa separating Zimbabwe from South Africa, commonly crossed at the busy Beitbridge border post.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
Ovamboland
Ovamboland is a historical region in northern Namibia and southern Angola traditionally inhabited by the Ovambo people, who speak the Oshiwambo language.
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E.
Botswana and Zimbabwe
chosen
Botswana and Zimbabwe are neighboring landlocked countries in Southern Africa that share close historical, economic, and ecological ties.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd445d94788190b72e2cc563120995 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd7904457c819090f382029ebb2b43 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bed01a85f88190827a79a2c26e539f |
completed | March 21, 2026, 5:06 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:44 p.m.