Triple
T7372026
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Boer Republic of Natalia |
E170028
|
entity |
| Predicate | reasonForBritishAnnexation |
P26297
|
FINISHED |
| Object | strategic control of southeastern African coast |
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LITERAL 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: strategic control of southeastern African coast | Statement: [Boer Republic of Natalia, reasonForBritishAnnexation, strategic control of southeastern African coast]
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: reasonForBritishAnnexation Context triple: [Boer Republic of Natalia, reasonForBritishAnnexation, strategic control of southeastern African coast]
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A.
causeOfConflictWithBritish
Indicates that the subject is a source or reason for a conflict or dispute involving the British.
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B.
broughtUnderBritishCrown
Indicates that an entity was placed under the authority, control, or sovereignty of the British Crown.
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C.
lostMostTerritoriesToBritainBy
Indicates that one entity ceded or lost the greatest amount of its territories to Britain as a result of actions taken by another entity.
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D.
annexationBasis
chosen
Indicates the legal, political, or historical grounds used to justify the annexation of one territory by another.
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E.
regionAllocatedToBritain
Indicates that a specific geographic region has been designated or assigned to Britain’s control or authority.
- F. None of above.
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_69c68a5bfaac81909ce7f001dfb70c76 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f18451d88190ad4a2674279bb703 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:07 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69c6f02ee3e08190a7a00c981129b22c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:01 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:07 p.m.