Triple
T8542454
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shona states |
E202229
|
entity |
| Predicate | includedState |
P11085
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Kingdom of Mapungubwe |
E251010
|
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: Kingdom of Mapungubwe | Statement: [Shona states, includedState, Kingdom of Mapungubwe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kingdom of Mapungubwe Context triple: [Shona states, includedState, Kingdom of Mapungubwe]
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A.
Kingdom of Mapungubwe
chosen
The Kingdom of Mapungubwe was a precolonial southern African state (c. 11th–13th century) known for its advanced society, extensive trade networks, and sophisticated gold-working centered near the Limpopo and Shashe rivers.
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B.
Mutapa Kingdom
The Mutapa Kingdom was a powerful Shona state in south-central Africa, renowned for its control of regional gold trade and its political dominance following the decline of Great Zimbabwe.
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C.
Kalahari Kingdom
Kalahari Kingdom is an African-themed zoo exhibit at Franklin Park Zoo that showcases animals and habitats inspired by the Kalahari Desert region.
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D.
Zulu Kingdom
The Zulu Kingdom was a powerful 19th-century southern African monarchy known for its centralized military system, expansion under King Shaka, and major conflicts with British colonial powers.
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E.
Great Zimbabwe
Great Zimbabwe is a medieval city in southeastern Zimbabwe renowned for its monumental stone structures and as the center of a powerful Shona-speaking kingdom that dominated regional trade between the 11th and 15th centuries.
- 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_69ca832461e88190a654c5e44e233aa8 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe6e26be48190b10bc62fad178dad |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cea86036a881909cd1744cdb5b7a7f |
completed | April 2, 2026, 5:33 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:18 p.m.