Triple
T6445347
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Boer–Zulu conflicts |
E138327
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableEvent |
P259
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Voortrekker–Zulu clashes |
E138327
|
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: Voortrekker–Zulu clashes | Statement: [Boer–Zulu conflicts, hasNotableEvent, Voortrekker–Zulu clashes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Voortrekker–Zulu clashes Context triple: [Boer–Zulu conflicts, hasNotableEvent, Voortrekker–Zulu clashes]
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A.
Boer–Zulu conflicts
chosen
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.
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B.
Battle of Hlobane
The Battle of Hlobane was a 1879 engagement during the Anglo-Zulu War in which Zulu forces inflicted a significant defeat on a British-led mounted column amid rugged mountainous terrain in Zululand.
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C.
Anglo-Zulu War
The Anglo-Zulu War was an 1879 conflict in southern Africa between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom, marked by famous battles such as Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift and resulting in the eventual defeat and dismantling of the Zulu state.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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_69c008aa61ac8190bc96715ed79fe2d8 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0698d866c81909ef3e0a53833ff7d |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c64bca1e3c81909c50177286b92ce5 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:46 p.m.