Triple
T9178085
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Herero and Namaqua genocide |
E220251
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entity |
| Predicate | perpetratedBy |
P698
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FINISHED |
| Object |
German colonial administration in German South West Africa
The German colonial administration in German South West Africa was the imperial governing authority of Germany’s former colony (now Namibia), notorious for its brutal rule and responsibility for one of the first genocides of the 20th century against the Herero and Nama peoples.
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E220251
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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: German colonial administration in German South West Africa | Statement: [Herero and Namaqua genocide, perpetratedBy, German colonial administration in German South West Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German colonial administration in German South West Africa Context triple: [Herero and Namaqua genocide, perpetratedBy, German colonial administration in German South West Africa]
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A.
German East Africa
German East Africa was a former German colonial territory in East Africa, encompassing present-day Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and parts of Mozambique, that existed from the late 19th century until the end of World War I.
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B.
South-West Africa Campaign
The South-West Africa Campaign was a World War I military operation in which South African forces invaded and defeated German colonial rule in present-day Namibia.
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C.
Herero and Namaqua genocide
The Herero and Namaqua genocide was a campaign of extermination and mass displacement carried out by German colonial forces in present-day Namibia between 1904 and 1908, widely regarded as one of the first genocides of the 20th century.
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D.
Scramble for Africa
The Scramble for Africa was a late 19th-century period of rapid European colonization and partition of African territories, driven by imperial rivalry, economic interests, and strategic ambitions.
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E.
German Kamerun campaign
The German Kamerun campaign was a World War I military operation in which Allied forces, including British, French, and Belgian troops, invaded and eventually conquered the German colony of Kamerun in West Africa.
- 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: German colonial administration in German South West Africa Triple: [Herero and Namaqua genocide, perpetratedBy, German colonial administration in German South West Africa]
Generated description
The German colonial administration in German South West Africa was the imperial governing authority of Germany’s former colony (now Namibia), notorious for its brutal rule and responsibility for one of the first genocides of the 20th century against the Herero and Nama peoples.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German colonial administration in German South West Africa Target entity description: The German colonial administration in German South West Africa was the imperial governing authority of Germany’s former colony (now Namibia), notorious for its brutal rule and responsibility for one of the first genocides of the 20th century against the Herero and Nama peoples.
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A.
German East Africa
German East Africa was a former German colonial territory in East Africa, encompassing present-day Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and parts of Mozambique, that existed from the late 19th century until the end of World War I.
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B.
South-West Africa Campaign
The South-West Africa Campaign was a World War I military operation in which South African forces invaded and defeated German colonial rule in present-day Namibia.
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C.
Herero and Namaqua genocide
chosen
The Herero and Namaqua genocide was a campaign of extermination and mass displacement carried out by German colonial forces in present-day Namibia between 1904 and 1908, widely regarded as one of the first genocides of the 20th century.
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D.
Scramble for Africa
The Scramble for Africa was a late 19th-century period of rapid European colonization and partition of African territories, driven by imperial rivalry, economic interests, and strategic ambitions.
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E.
German Kamerun campaign
The German Kamerun campaign was a World War I military operation in which Allied forces, including British, French, and Belgian troops, invaded and eventually conquered the German colony of Kamerun in West Africa.
- F. None of above.
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_69ca83e589948190ac9907819db11ddf |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ccc24eeb988190af82dfba49aac2f8 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 6:59 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d054ae9a708190b26c2f2c7ebb59c9 |
completed | April 4, 2026, midnight |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d05571243c8190bd7fcc6e675b3500 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d0564391cc81909c0cea2d49c38fb4 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:07 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:23 p.m.