Triple
T9122811
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Natal Native Contingent |
E218896
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableEngagement |
P1700
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Battle of Rorke's Drift |
E130146
|
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 Rorke's Drift | Statement: [Natal Native Contingent, notableEngagement, Battle of Rorke's Drift]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Rorke's Drift Context triple: [Natal Native Contingent, notableEngagement, Battle of Rorke's Drift]
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A.
Battle of Rorke's Drift
chosen
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.
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B.
Battle of Ladysmith
The Battle of Ladysmith was an early engagement of the Second Boer War in 1899 in which British forces clashed with Boer commandos around the town of Ladysmith in Natal, South Africa.
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C.
Siege of Ladysmith
The Siege of Ladysmith was a major engagement of the Second Boer War (1899–1902) in which British forces were encircled and besieged by Boer commandos in the town of Ladysmith in present-day South Africa.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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_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_69d121dce22881909484977629cc8a54 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:36 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:17 p.m.