Triple
T9660549
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | German surrender at Khorab |
E233576
|
entity |
| Predicate | forcesSide2 |
P89461
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa
The Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa was the colonial military force of the German Empire in present-day Namibia, used to enforce imperial rule and suppress local uprisings during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
|
E812722
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa | Statement: [German surrender at Khorab, forcesSide2, Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa Context triple: [German surrender at Khorab, forcesSide2, Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa]
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A.
Zulu Army
The Zulu Army was the highly disciplined and formidable military force of the Zulu Kingdom in southern Africa, renowned for its tactical innovations and major victories during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
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B.
British South Africa Company forces
The British South Africa Company forces were the private colonial troops of Cecil Rhodes’s chartered company, used to expand and police British interests in southern Africa in the late 19th century.
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C.
Boer forces
Boer forces were the predominantly mounted, guerrilla-style republican commandos of the South African Boers that fought against the British Empire during the Anglo-Boer Wars.
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D.
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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E.
Rhodesian Security Forces
The Rhodesian Security Forces were the military and police organizations of the unrecognized state of Rhodesia, central to its counterinsurgency efforts during the Rhodesian Bush War (1964–1979).
- 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: Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa Triple: [German surrender at Khorab, forcesSide2, Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa]
Generated description
The Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa was the colonial military force of the German Empire in present-day Namibia, used to enforce imperial rule and suppress local uprisings during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa Target entity description: The Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa was the colonial military force of the German Empire in present-day Namibia, used to enforce imperial rule and suppress local uprisings during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
Zulu Army
The Zulu Army was the highly disciplined and formidable military force of the Zulu Kingdom in southern Africa, renowned for its tactical innovations and major victories during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
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B.
British South Africa Company forces
The British South Africa Company forces were the private colonial troops of Cecil Rhodes’s chartered company, used to expand and police British interests in southern Africa in the late 19th century.
-
C.
Boer forces
Boer forces were the predominantly mounted, guerrilla-style republican commandos of the South African Boers that fought against the British Empire during the Anglo-Boer Wars.
-
D.
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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E.
Rhodesian Security Forces
The Rhodesian Security Forces were the military and police organizations of the unrecognized state of Rhodesia, central to its counterinsurgency efforts during the Rhodesian Bush War (1964–1979).
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: forcesSide2 Context triple: [German surrender at Khorab, forcesSide2, Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa]
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A.
forces
Indicates that one entity compels or obliges another entity to perform an action or be in a certain state, typically against the latter’s will or without full freedom of choice.
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B.
forcesAction
Indicates that one entity compels or coerces another entity to perform a specific action or behavior.
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C.
forceDirection
Indicates the direction in which a force is applied or exerted in the relationship between entities.
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D.
associatedForce
Indicates that there is a force linked or connected to an entity, typically representing the physical influence acting on or exerted by that entity.
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E.
forceBalance
Indicates that the net forces acting on an entity or system are in equilibrium, resulting in no overall acceleration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (7 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_69ca848d3b6c8190ae98ea554dea58df |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9c08d0d0819086426ad6891b18db |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d18a0ff7548190ae438c4a334058ac |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d18a8e0fbc8190912439815bab4677 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10:02 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d18afe54c88190846a873443aa56ef |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10:04 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69ccd5b3239c8190b3ae3b9bd121e4bd |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:22 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69ccd9408c848190b84dd74d87f76273 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:37 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:14 p.m.