Triple

T8146043
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Boer republics E190213 entity
Predicate territoryLaterPartOf P59198 FINISHED
Object Union of South Africa E112849 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Union of South Africa | Statement: [Boer republics, territoryLaterPartOf, Union of South Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Union of South Africa
Context triple: [Boer republics, territoryLaterPartOf, Union of South Africa]
  • A. 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.
  • B. South Africa
    South Africa is a country at the southern tip of the African continent, known for its cultural and linguistic diversity, complex history of apartheid and democratic transition, and significant economic and political influence in the region.
  • C. Vereeniging, South Africa
    Vereeniging is an industrial city in South Africa’s Gauteng province, historically known for its steel and coal industries and its role in the country’s mining and manufacturing economy.
  • D. Dominion of South Africa chosen
    The Dominion of South Africa was a self-governing British dominion (1910–1961) that participated in both World Wars and formed the historical predecessor to the modern Republic of South Africa.
  • E. 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.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: territoryLaterPartOf
Context triple: [Boer republics, territoryLaterPartOf, Union of South Africa]
  • A. laterTerritory chosen
    Indicates that one territory is a subsequent or successor territory to another in time.
  • B. partOfTerritory
    Indicates that one geographic or administrative area is contained within, and forms a constituent portion of, another territory.
  • C. territoryCorrespondedTo
    Indicates that one territory matched, aligned with, or was equivalent to another territory in scope, boundaries, or designation.
  • D. expandedTerritoryOf
    Indicates that one entity has increased or extended the geographic or jurisdictional area belonging to another entity.
  • E. annexedTerritory
    Indicates that one political entity has formally incorporated another territory into its own sovereign domain.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69ca82be7ba8819087de0147e9292c83 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb4447dbc48190affb0f34f6c85f5a completed March 31, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ccecc7c7f08190981e00342325a6da completed April 1, 2026, 10 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69cb369c0d0481908762c488d7f77e74 completed March 31, 2026, 2:51 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:36 p.m.