Triple
T8239280
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Martini–Henry rifle |
E192490
|
entity |
| Predicate | conflict |
P12
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Anglo-Zulu War |
E135661
|
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: Anglo-Zulu War | Statement: [Martini–Henry rifle, conflict, Anglo-Zulu War]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anglo-Zulu War Context triple: [Martini–Henry rifle, conflict, Anglo-Zulu War]
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A.
Anglo-Zulu War
chosen
The Anglo-Zulu War was an 1879 conflict in southern Africa between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom, marked by famous battles such as Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift and resulting in the eventual defeat and dismantling of the Zulu state.
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B.
Boer–Zulu conflicts
The Boer–Zulu conflicts were a series of 19th-century clashes in southern Africa between Boer settlers and the Zulu Kingdom over land, political control, and regional dominance.
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C.
First Matabele War
The First Matabele War was an 1893–1894 colonial conflict in what is now Zimbabwe, in which British-led forces defeated the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom and paved the way for white settler control of the region.
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D.
Second Matabele War
The Second Matabele War was an 1896–1897 uprising by the Ndebele (Matabele) people in what is now Zimbabwe against colonial rule, marking a major early resistance to British expansion in southern Africa.
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E.
Basuto Wars
The Basuto Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts in southern Africa between the Basotho people and neighboring Boer republics, primarily over land and political control.
- 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_69ca82dc8f148190a2c75a98501a7b91 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb783cce5c8190bf116704d2923ade |
completed | March 31, 2026, 7:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cdc6b591d081909e1fb450508197f2 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:30 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:47 p.m.