Triple
T6054284
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Transvaal Legislative Assembly |
E134869
|
entity |
| Predicate | appliesToJurisdiction |
P82
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British South Africa |
E170029
|
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: British South Africa | Statement: [Transvaal Legislative Assembly, appliesToJurisdiction, British South Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British South Africa Context triple: [Transvaal Legislative Assembly, appliesToJurisdiction, British South Africa]
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A.
British South Africa
chosen
British South Africa refers to the territories in southern Africa that were under British colonial rule, including regions that later became countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi.
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B.
British Protectorate of Basutoland
The British Protectorate of Basutoland was a southern African territory under British colonial rule from the late 19th century until 1966, when it gained independence as the Kingdom of Lesotho.
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C.
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was a mid-20th-century semi-autonomous colonial union in southern Africa that combined the territories of modern-day Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi under British rule.
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D.
Colony of Natal
The Colony of Natal was a British colonial territory in southeastern Africa, centered on the port of Durban, that existed from the mid-19th century until it became part of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
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E.
British East Africa
British East Africa was a former British colonial territory in East Africa, primarily encompassing present-day Kenya and neighboring regions, administered under various imperial arrangements until the mid-20th century.
- 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_69c00877b6d4819096b0e163728b73a3 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c05708fda48190ad3d1860969ebb6a |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c113ac051c8190b2b8a4985948d8e0 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 10:19 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:09 p.m.