Triple

T9122756
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ntshingwayo kaMahole Khoza E218894 entity
Predicate commanded P2333 FINISHED
Object Zulu impi at the Battle of Isandlwana
The Zulu impi at the Battle of Isandlwana was the large, highly disciplined Zulu military force that decisively defeated a British column in 1879 during the Anglo-Zulu War.
E779614 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 impi at the Battle of Isandlwana | Statement: [Ntshingwayo kaMahole Khoza, commanded, Zulu impi at the Battle of Isandlwana]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zulu impi at the Battle of Isandlwana
Context triple: [Ntshingwayo kaMahole Khoza, commanded, Zulu impi at the Battle of Isandlwana]
  • A. Battle of Isandlwana (near its borders, involving colonial forces)
    The Battle of Isandlwana was a major 1879 engagement of the Anglo-Zulu War in which Zulu forces inflicted a devastating defeat on British colonial troops in southern Africa.
  • B. Battle of Rorke's Drift
    The Battle of Rorke's Drift was an 1879 engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War in which a small British garrison famously defended a mission station against a much larger Zulu force.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Isandlwana
    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.
  • E. Anglo-Zulu War
    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.
  • 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 impi at the Battle of Isandlwana
Triple: [Ntshingwayo kaMahole Khoza, commanded, Zulu impi at the Battle of Isandlwana]
Generated description
The Zulu impi at the Battle of Isandlwana was the large, highly disciplined Zulu military force that decisively defeated a British column in 1879 during the Anglo-Zulu War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zulu impi at the Battle of Isandlwana
Target entity description: The Zulu impi at the Battle of Isandlwana was the large, highly disciplined Zulu military force that decisively defeated a British column in 1879 during the Anglo-Zulu War.
  • A. Battle of Isandlwana (near its borders, involving colonial forces)
    The Battle of Isandlwana was a major 1879 engagement of the Anglo-Zulu War in which Zulu forces inflicted a devastating defeat on British colonial troops in southern Africa.
  • B. Battle of Rorke's Drift
    The Battle of Rorke's Drift was an 1879 engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War in which a small British garrison famously defended a mission station against a much larger Zulu force.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Isandlwana
    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.
  • E. Anglo-Zulu War
    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.
  • 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_69ca83dddd548190983b96c664f7f367 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cca8b46dac8190bde88205c85f596a completed April 1, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d0308ff628819083f02bf71eb40c5b completed April 3, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0318ef52c8190bfa0bef6a8d41daa completed April 3, 2026, 9:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d03571c4648190bd546152c61c55a5 completed April 3, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:17 p.m.