Triple
T9509878
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sir Theophilus Shepstone |
E229364
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Colony of Natal government |
E159370
|
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: Colony of Natal government | Statement: [Sir Theophilus Shepstone, employer, Colony of Natal government]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colony of Natal government Context triple: [Sir Theophilus Shepstone, employer, Colony of Natal government]
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A.
Transvaal Colony government
The Transvaal Colony government was the British colonial administration that governed the former South African Republic after the Second Boer War, prior to its incorporation into the Union of South Africa.
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B.
Colony of Natal
chosen
The Colony of Natal was a British colonial territory in southeastern Africa, centered on the port of Durban, that existed from the mid-19th century until it became part of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
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C.
Province of Natal
The Province of Natal was a former administrative region of South Africa that existed from 1910 to 1994, encompassing the area around Durban and Pietermaritzburg along the country’s eastern coast.
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D.
Cape Colony
Cape Colony was a former European settlement and strategic refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa that developed into a key hub of trade, migration, and colonial expansion.
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E.
provincial government of Transvaal
The provincial government of Transvaal was the administrative authority that governed the Transvaal Province in South Africa during the period of provincial self-government under the Union of 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_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.