Triple
T6591528
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Colony of Natal |
E159370
|
entity |
| Predicate | demographicsIncluded |
P2750
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Afrikaners |
E1706
|
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: Afrikaners | Statement: [Colony of Natal, demographicsIncluded, Afrikaners]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Afrikaners Context triple: [Colony of Natal, demographicsIncluded, Afrikaners]
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A.
Afrikaners
chosen
Afrikaners are a South African ethnic group descended primarily from Dutch settlers, known for speaking Afrikaans and playing a central role in the country’s colonial and apartheid-era history.
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B.
Herero
Herero is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Herero people of Namibia and neighboring countries.
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C.
Khoisan peoples
The Khoisan peoples are indigenous ethnic groups of southern Africa known for their ancient hunter-gatherer and pastoralist traditions and distinctive click-language families.
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D.
Zulu people
The Zulu people are a major Nguni ethnic group of Southern Africa, primarily residing in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, known for their rich cultural traditions, historical Zulu Kingdom, and significant influence on the region’s history and politics.
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E.
Xhosa people
The Xhosa people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of South Africa known for their rich oral traditions, distinctive click language, and significant role in the country’s cultural and political history.
- 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_69c688366ce8819083f8883983c0df92 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6aece1f848190a11676e072afb002 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6cbba656c81909c3876a8f2f7300e |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:55 p.m.