Triple
T5825701
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mfecane |
E129216
|
entity |
| Predicate | timePeriodOverlaps |
P1867
|
FINISHED |
| Object | early phase of European colonial expansion in southern Africa |
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LITERAL 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: early phase of European colonial expansion in southern Africa | Statement: [Mfecane, timePeriodOverlaps, early phase of European colonial expansion in southern Africa]
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: timePeriodOverlaps Context triple: [Mfecane, timePeriodOverlaps, early phase of European colonial expansion in southern Africa]
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A.
overlapsWith
chosen
Indicates that two entities share a common part or region in space, time, or extent, but neither is completely contained within the other.
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B.
timePeriodWithin
Indicates that one time period is entirely contained within the bounds of another time period.
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C.
timePeriod
Indicates the specific span or interval of time during which an event, state, or relationship occurs or is valid.
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D.
hasHistoricalRegionOverlap
Indicates that two historical regions share a common geographic area or have partially overlapping territorial extents during a given time period.
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E.
isSetInTimePeriod
Indicates that an event, story, or situation takes place within a specified time period.
- F. None of above.
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_69c00849d55481908b4f9f5543e0bf6d |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0400f1af881908d376ea4793f6dea |
completed | March 22, 2026, 7:16 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69c0333fdd7081908d829265caa2ac11 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:21 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:53 p.m.