Triple
T9715331
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edwin Alderson |
E235127
|
entity |
| Predicate | servedIn |
P253
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British Army in South Africa |
E266909
|
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 Army in South Africa | Statement: [Edwin Alderson, servedIn, British Army in South Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Army in South Africa Context triple: [Edwin Alderson, servedIn, British Army in South Africa]
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A.
British forces in the Second Boer War
chosen
British forces in the Second Boer War were the imperial troops of the United Kingdom that fought from 1899 to 1902 to suppress the Boer republics in South Africa and secure British control over the region.
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B.
British forces in the Anglo-Zulu War
British forces in the Anglo-Zulu War were the imperial British Army and colonial troops deployed in southern Africa in 1879 to invade the Zulu Kingdom, culminating in a series of notable battles including Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift.
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C.
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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D.
British Empire in South Africa
The British Empire in South Africa refers to the period of British colonial expansion, rule, and conflict in the region, including the annexation of territories and wars with Boer republics and indigenous peoples from the early 19th to early 20th centuries.
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E.
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.
- 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_69ca84cd8fa0819090a5e243ceb37003 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9e0a1b548190b34c8571751ca1d3 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:36 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d19f941b908190a3e27f4b6c1b3535 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 11:32 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:20 p.m.