Triple
T7372031
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Boer Republic of Natalia |
E170028
|
entity |
| Predicate | primaryPopulation |
P7948
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Boer settlers |
E182949
|
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: Boer settlers | Statement: [Boer Republic of Natalia, primaryPopulation, Boer settlers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boer settlers Context triple: [Boer Republic of Natalia, primaryPopulation, Boer settlers]
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A.
Afrikaners
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.
Dutch settlers
Dutch settlers were European colonists from the Netherlands who established early permanent settlements and cultural influence in regions such as South Africa and parts of the Americas during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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C.
Griqua people
The Griqua people are a mixed-race, Afrikaans-speaking community in South Africa with roots in Khoikhoi, European, and other ancestries, known for forming semi-independent polities during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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D.
Voortrekkers
chosen
The Voortrekkers were Dutch-speaking Boer pioneers who migrated inland from the Cape Colony during the 1830s–1840s Great Trek, founding independent republics and playing a central role in early Afrikaner history.
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E.
Boer forces
Boer forces were the predominantly mounted, guerrilla-style republican commandos of the South African Boers that fought against the British Empire during the Anglo-Boer Wars.
- 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_69c68a5bfaac81909ce7f001dfb70c76 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f18451d88190ad4a2674279bb703 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c810de7618819099ab4ff328255d92 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:33 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:07 p.m.