Triple

T6086970
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Anglo-Zulu War E135661 entity
Predicate hasBattle P26893 FINISHED
Object Battle of Ulundi
The Battle of Ulundi was the decisive 1879 engagement in which British forces defeated the Zulu army, effectively ending the Anglo-Zulu War and leading to the collapse of the Zulu Kingdom’s independence.
E570085 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Battle of Ulundi | Statement: [Anglo-Zulu War, hasBattle, Battle of Ulundi]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Ulundi
Context triple: [Anglo-Zulu War, hasBattle, Battle of Ulundi]
  • A. Battle of Majuba Hill
    The Battle of Majuba Hill was a decisive 1881 engagement in which Boer forces inflicted a crushing defeat on the British, effectively ending the First Boer War and leading to restored self-government for the Transvaal.
  • B. Battle of Colenso
    The Battle of Colenso was a major early engagement of the Second Boer War in December 1899, in which British forces suffered a significant defeat while attempting to relieve the besieged town of Ladysmith in Natal, South Africa.
  • C. Battle of Laing's Nek
    The Battle of Laing's Nek was a key 1881 engagement in the First Boer War in which Boer forces successfully repelled a British attempt to break through a strategic mountain pass in the Transvaal.
  • D. Battle of Paardeberg
    The Battle of Paardeberg was a major engagement of the Second Boer War in February 1900, where British forces decisively defeated and captured a large Boer army under General Piet Cronjé in the Orange Free State.
  • E. Battle of Bronkhorstspruit
    The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit was an 1880 engagement in the Transvaal where Boer forces ambushed and decisively defeated a British column early in the First Boer War.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Battle of Ulundi
Triple: [Anglo-Zulu War, hasBattle, Battle of Ulundi]
Generated description
The Battle of Ulundi was the decisive 1879 engagement in which British forces defeated the Zulu army, effectively ending the Anglo-Zulu War and leading to the collapse of the Zulu Kingdom’s independence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Ulundi
Target entity description: The Battle of Ulundi was the decisive 1879 engagement in which British forces defeated the Zulu army, effectively ending the Anglo-Zulu War and leading to the collapse of the Zulu Kingdom’s independence.
  • A. Battle of Majuba Hill
    The Battle of Majuba Hill was a decisive 1881 engagement in which Boer forces inflicted a crushing defeat on the British, effectively ending the First Boer War and leading to restored self-government for the Transvaal.
  • B. Battle of Colenso
    The Battle of Colenso was a major early engagement of the Second Boer War in December 1899, in which British forces suffered a significant defeat while attempting to relieve the besieged town of Ladysmith in Natal, South Africa.
  • C. Battle of Laing's Nek
    The Battle of Laing's Nek was a key 1881 engagement in the First Boer War in which Boer forces successfully repelled a British attempt to break through a strategic mountain pass in the Transvaal.
  • D. Battle of Paardeberg
    The Battle of Paardeberg was a major engagement of the Second Boer War in February 1900, where British forces decisively defeated and captured a large Boer army under General Piet Cronjé in the Orange Free State.
  • E. Battle of Bronkhorstspruit
    The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit was an 1880 engagement in the Transvaal where Boer forces ambushed and decisively defeated a British column early in the First Boer War.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69c0087bcc788190b20f093d3a6c60ec completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0578bf2508190859c2dbd4c10b316 completed March 22, 2026, 8:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c1358175608190b06bbbc72c6d92c2 completed March 23, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c13643a9148190a5fee889a633792e completed March 23, 2026, 12:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c136cc94288190baf36ec0b7a7ca38 completed March 23, 2026, 12:49 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:12 p.m.