Triple
T7879881
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Voortrekkers |
E182949
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Orange Free State |
E30172
|
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: Orange Free State | Statement: [Voortrekkers, founded, Orange Free State]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orange Free State Context triple: [Voortrekkers, founded, Orange Free State]
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A.
Orange Free State
chosen
The Orange Free State was a 19th-century independent Boer republic in southern Africa that later became a British colony following the Second Boer War.
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B.
KwaZulu homeland
KwaZulu homeland was a former apartheid-era Bantustan in South Africa designated for Zulu people before being reincorporated into the modern province of KwaZulu-Natal.
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C.
Boer Republic of Natalia
The Boer Republic of Natalia was a short-lived 19th-century Boer-ruled republic in southeastern Africa that existed before being incorporated into British-controlled Natal.
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D.
South African Republic
The South African Republic, also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled state in southern Africa during the 19th century that later became part of modern South Africa.
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E.
Thembuland
Thembuland is a historical region in South Africa that served as the traditional homeland of the Thembu people, an Nguni-speaking group to which figures like Nelson Mandela belong.
- 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_69ca828a17248190b46defe758bc5ad3 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb39be7ab88190affcd353a0cd37fa |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cbdfa64c148190bf2b872bbfda1b3e |
completed | March 31, 2026, 2:52 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:57 p.m.