Triple
T8239287
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Martini–Henry rifle |
E192490
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableEngagement |
P1700
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Battle of Isandlwana |
E229365
|
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: Battle of Isandlwana | Statement: [Martini–Henry rifle, notableEngagement, Battle of Isandlwana]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Isandlwana Context triple: [Martini–Henry rifle, notableEngagement, Battle of Isandlwana]
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A.
Isandlwana
chosen
Isandlwana is a hill in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, best known as the site of a major 1879 Anglo-Zulu War battle in which Zulu forces inflicted a significant defeat on the British Army.
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B.
Battle of Majuba Hill
The Battle of Majuba Hill was a decisive 1881 engagement in which Boer forces inflicted a crushing defeat on the British, effectively ending the First Boer War and leading to restored self-government for the Transvaal.
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C.
Battle of Ulundi
The Battle of Ulundi was the decisive 1879 engagement in which British forces defeated the Zulu army, effectively ending the Anglo-Zulu War and leading to the collapse of the Zulu Kingdom’s independence.
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D.
Battle of Colenso
The Battle of Colenso was a major early engagement of the Second Boer War in December 1899, in which British forces suffered a significant defeat while attempting to relieve the besieged town of Ladysmith in Natal, South Africa.
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E.
Battle of Hlobane
The Battle of Hlobane was a 1879 engagement during the Anglo-Zulu War in which Zulu forces inflicted a significant defeat on a British-led mounted column amid rugged mountainous terrain in Zululand.
- 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_69cd6801eaec8190a104ac6b08030376 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 6:46 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:47 p.m.