Triple

T9625055
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chieveley, Natal, South Africa E232438 entity
Predicate formerPoliticalEntity P12169 FINISHED
Object British colony of Natal 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: British colony of Natal | Statement: [Chieveley, Natal, South Africa, formerPoliticalEntity, British colony of Natal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British colony of Natal
Context triple: [Chieveley, Natal, South Africa, formerPoliticalEntity, British colony of Natal]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. British South Africa
    British South Africa refers to the territories in southern Africa that were under British colonial rule, including regions that later became countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi.
  • D. British Protectorate of Basutoland
    The British Protectorate of Basutoland was a southern African territory under British colonial rule from the late 19th century until 1966, when it gained independence as the Kingdom of Lesotho.
  • E. Dominion of South Africa
    The Dominion of South Africa was a self-governing British dominion (1910–1961) that participated in both World Wars and formed the historical predecessor to the modern Republic 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_69ca848793ec8190a93a12383a754dc0 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9afb67c88190aa170716f0033752 completed April 1, 2026, 10:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d182291c34819099f3f43769849c5d completed April 4, 2026, 9:27 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:10 p.m.