Triple
T7879972
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Weenen massacre |
E182951
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Piet Retief |
E34478
|
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: Piet Retief | Statement: [Weenen massacre, relatedTo, Piet Retief]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Piet Retief Context triple: [Weenen massacre, relatedTo, Piet Retief]
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A.
Piet Retief
chosen
Piet Retief was a prominent Voortrekker leader and pioneer of the Great Trek in 19th-century South Africa, known for his role in negotiating land with Zulu King Dingane and his subsequent massacre.
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B.
Hendrik Witbooi
Hendrik Witbooi was a prominent Nama chief and anti-colonial resistance leader in what is now Namibia, known for his struggle against German colonial rule in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius was a 19th-century Boer leader who served as the first president of the South African Republic and played a key role in early Afrikaner state formation.
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D.
Andries Pretorius
Andries Pretorius was a prominent 19th-century Boer leader and military commander who played a key role in establishing Afrikaner republics in southern Africa.
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E.
Dingiswayo
Dingiswayo was a prominent early 19th-century Mthethwa king and military leader in southeastern Africa, known for mentoring and influencing the rise of Shaka Zulu.
- 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_69cc561d31888190bae66fb009ace1a1 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:58 p.m.