Triple
T682466
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Eastern Cape |
E13211
|
entity |
| Predicate | ethnicGroup |
P194
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Xhosa people |
E60221
|
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: Xhosa people | Statement: [Eastern Cape, ethnicGroup, Xhosa people]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xhosa people Context triple: [Eastern Cape, ethnicGroup, Xhosa people]
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A.
Xhosa people
chosen
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.
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B.
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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C.
Thembu people
The Thembu people are a Xhosa-speaking ethnic group from South Africa’s Eastern Cape region, historically ruled by a royal lineage that includes figures such as Nelson Mandela.
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D.
Tswana people
The Tswana people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group native primarily to Botswana and parts of South Africa, known for their rich cultural traditions, cattle-based pastoralism, and significant influence on the region’s political and social history.
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E.
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.
- 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_69a4933e0f98819097d22766c49b61b8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a06f9ee88190a2d757aacd8e3f5b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5dca153e081908facd835a79da25d |
completed | March 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.