Triple

T9229748
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Koos de la Rey E221784 entity
Predicate notableBattle P259 FINISHED
Object Battle of Ysterspruit
The Battle of Ysterspruit was a Second Boer War engagement in 1902 in which Boer forces under General Koos de la Rey ambushed and defeated a British column in the western Transvaal.
E811342 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: Battle of Ysterspruit | Statement: [Koos de la Rey, notableBattle, Battle of Ysterspruit]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Ysterspruit
Context triple: [Koos de la Rey, notableBattle, Battle of Ysterspruit]
  • A. Battle of De Klipdrift
    The Battle of De Klipdrift, better known as the Battle of Tweebosch, was a significant engagement during the Second Boer War in 1902 in which Boer forces under Koos de la Rey inflicted a major defeat on the British army.
  • B. Battle of Bronkhorstspruit
    The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit was an 1880 engagement in the Transvaal where Boer forces ambushed and decisively defeated a British column early in the First Boer War.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Battle of Laing's Nek
    The Battle of Laing's Nek was a key 1881 engagement in the First Boer War in which Boer forces successfully repelled a British attempt to break through a strategic mountain pass in the Transvaal.
  • E. Battle of Pretoria
    The Battle of Pretoria was a key engagement of the Second Boer War in June 1900, during which British forces captured the Boer capital of Pretoria, marking a major turning point in the conflict.
  • 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: Battle of Ysterspruit
Triple: [Koos de la Rey, notableBattle, Battle of Ysterspruit]
Generated description
The Battle of Ysterspruit was a Second Boer War engagement in 1902 in which Boer forces under General Koos de la Rey ambushed and defeated a British column in the western Transvaal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Ysterspruit
Target entity description: The Battle of Ysterspruit was a Second Boer War engagement in 1902 in which Boer forces under General Koos de la Rey ambushed and defeated a British column in the western Transvaal.
  • A. Battle of De Klipdrift
    The Battle of De Klipdrift, better known as the Battle of Tweebosch, was a significant engagement during the Second Boer War in 1902 in which Boer forces under Koos de la Rey inflicted a major defeat on the British army.
  • B. Battle of Bronkhorstspruit
    The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit was an 1880 engagement in the Transvaal where Boer forces ambushed and decisively defeated a British column early in the First Boer War.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Battle of Laing's Nek
    The Battle of Laing's Nek was a key 1881 engagement in the First Boer War in which Boer forces successfully repelled a British attempt to break through a strategic mountain pass in the Transvaal.
  • E. Battle of Pretoria
    The Battle of Pretoria was a key engagement of the Second Boer War in June 1900, during which British forces captured the Boer capital of Pretoria, marking a major turning point in the conflict.
  • 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_69ca83ed628c8190bc02d641e57f097f completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ccee17a2dc8190b373f78be7247f0d completed April 1, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1820133348190a25ba1ab3fc7359d completed April 4, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d182cb723881909f29b6a875e99da1 completed April 4, 2026, 9:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1833692788190990ad426b6502488 completed April 4, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:29 p.m.