Triple

T9509861
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sir Theophilus Shepstone E229364 entity
Predicate name P16 FINISHED
Object Theophilus Shepstone E229364 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: Theophilus Shepstone | Statement: [Sir Theophilus Shepstone, name, Theophilus Shepstone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theophilus Shepstone
Context triple: [Sir Theophilus Shepstone, name, Theophilus Shepstone]
  • A. Sir Theophilus Shepstone chosen
    Sir Theophilus Shepstone was a 19th-century British colonial administrator in South Africa, influential in native affairs and territorial annexations under the British Empire.
  • B. Quartus de Wet
    Quartus de Wet was the South African judge who presided over the landmark Rivonia Trial that led to the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid leaders.
  • C. Andries Hendrik Potgieter
    Andries Hendrik Potgieter was a prominent Voortrekker leader and Boer pioneer who played a key role in establishing early Boer settlements in the interior of southern Africa during the 19th century.
  • D. Cecil Rhodes
    Cecil Rhodes was a British imperialist, businessman, and politician in southern Africa whose wealth and will established the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford.
  • E. Henry Bartle Frere
    Henry Bartle Frere was a 19th-century British colonial administrator and diplomat best known for his controversial role as High Commissioner for Southern Africa, including actions that helped precipitate the Anglo-Zulu War.
  • 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_69ca847611c48190a28c028644198c75 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9857058881909e0a40e2024a7b4c completed April 1, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d13a31600c8190a4a7ecb5231caa36 completed April 4, 2026, 4:20 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:58 p.m.