Triple

T8021508
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject uMgungundlovu E186750 entity
Predicate governedBy P46 FINISHED
Object Zulu customary law
Zulu customary law is the traditional legal system of the Zulu people, encompassing their indigenous rules, norms, and practices that regulate social, familial, and political life.
E707718 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Zulu customary law | Statement: [uMgungundlovu, governedBy, Zulu customary law]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zulu customary law
Context triple: [uMgungundlovu, governedBy, Zulu customary law]
  • A. Customary Law Courts of Zimbabwe
    The Customary Law Courts of Zimbabwe are a specialized branch of the judiciary that adjudicate disputes according to indigenous customs and traditional norms, particularly in rural communities.
  • B. Zulu traditional religion
    Zulu traditional religion is the indigenous spiritual belief system of the Zulu people, centered on ancestor veneration, a creator god (uNkulunkulu), and rituals that maintain harmony between the living and the spirit world.
  • C. Karbi customary law
    Karbi customary law is the traditional legal and social code of the Karbi people of Northeast India, rooted in indigenous beliefs, clan structures, and ritual practices.
  • D. Bantu Laws Amendment Acts
    The Bantu Laws Amendment Acts were apartheid-era South African laws that tightened racial segregation and control over the movement and residence of Black Africans, particularly in urban areas.
  • E. Nguni–Tsonga cultural complex
    The Nguni–Tsonga cultural complex is a broad Southern African cultural-linguistic grouping that encompasses and connects related Nguni and Tsonga-speaking peoples through shared historical, social, and cultural traditions.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Zulu customary law
Triple: [uMgungundlovu, governedBy, Zulu customary law]
Generated description
Zulu customary law is the traditional legal system of the Zulu people, encompassing their indigenous rules, norms, and practices that regulate social, familial, and political life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zulu customary law
Target entity description: Zulu customary law is the traditional legal system of the Zulu people, encompassing their indigenous rules, norms, and practices that regulate social, familial, and political life.
  • A. Customary Law Courts of Zimbabwe
    The Customary Law Courts of Zimbabwe are a specialized branch of the judiciary that adjudicate disputes according to indigenous customs and traditional norms, particularly in rural communities.
  • B. Zulu traditional religion
    Zulu traditional religion is the indigenous spiritual belief system of the Zulu people, centered on ancestor veneration, a creator god (uNkulunkulu), and rituals that maintain harmony between the living and the spirit world.
  • C. Karbi customary law
    Karbi customary law is the traditional legal and social code of the Karbi people of Northeast India, rooted in indigenous beliefs, clan structures, and ritual practices.
  • D. Bantu Laws Amendment Acts
    The Bantu Laws Amendment Acts were apartheid-era South African laws that tightened racial segregation and control over the movement and residence of Black Africans, particularly in urban areas.
  • E. Nguni–Tsonga cultural complex
    The Nguni–Tsonga cultural complex is a broad Southern African cultural-linguistic grouping that encompasses and connects related Nguni and Tsonga-speaking peoples through shared historical, social, and cultural traditions.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69ca82ac7fc081909b1398cf025423af completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3e8eab9c81908098e6b17957316c completed March 31, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc56cdce588190abba45c24dc7a5e7 completed March 31, 2026, 11:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc58a9e94081908980e2c60be38642 completed March 31, 2026, 11:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc5cbaefb481909eb325f0d27675c0 completed March 31, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:20 p.m.