Triple
T5679769
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | King Shaka Zulu |
E125170
|
entity |
| Predicate | involvedIn |
P149
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mfecane (Difaqane) upheavals |
E129216
|
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: Mfecane (Difaqane) upheavals | Statement: [King Shaka Zulu, involvedIn, Mfecane (Difaqane) upheavals]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mfecane (Difaqane) upheavals Context triple: [King Shaka Zulu, involvedIn, Mfecane (Difaqane) upheavals]
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A.
Mfecane
chosen
Mfecane was a period of widespread warfare, migration, and social upheaval in early 19th-century southern Africa that reshaped the region’s political landscape.
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B.
Xhosa Wars
The Xhosa Wars were a series of 19th-century frontier conflicts in South Africa between the Xhosa peoples and European colonial powers, primarily the British, over land and political control in the Eastern Cape region.
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C.
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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D.
Basuto Wars
The Basuto Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts in southern Africa between the Basotho people and neighboring Boer republics, primarily over land and political control.
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E.
Boer–Zulu conflicts
The Boer–Zulu conflicts were a series of 19th-century clashes in southern Africa between Boer settlers and the Zulu Kingdom over land, political control, and regional dominance.
- 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_69c008295c808190acfe78915e7d656a |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c023960ecc819080a97a37be80c01f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c04dbdd91c8190b2a36d3b2630aa9f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:14 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:44 p.m.