Triple
T9798271
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | South African Border War |
E237770
|
entity |
| Predicate | significantEvent |
P259
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale was a major late-1980s confrontation in Angola between South African and allied forces and Angolan and Cuban troops, widely regarded as a turning point in the South African Border War and in the regional struggle against apartheid.
|
E821149
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Battle of Cuito Cuanavale | Statement: [South African Border War, significantEvent, Battle of Cuito Cuanavale]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Cuito Cuanavale Context triple: [South African Border War, significantEvent, Battle of Cuito Cuanavale]
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A.
South African Border War
The South African Border War was a protracted Cold War–era conflict (c. 1966–1989) in Namibia and Angola involving South Africa, liberation movements, and foreign allies such as Cuba, centered on decolonization, apartheid, and regional power struggles in southern Africa.
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B.
Battle of Ulundi
The Battle of Ulundi was the decisive 1879 engagement in which British forces defeated the Zulu army, effectively ending the Anglo-Zulu War and leading to the collapse of the Zulu Kingdom’s independence.
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C.
Battle of Gabon
The Battle of Gabon was a 1940 World War II campaign in French Equatorial Africa in which Free French and Allied forces seized control of Vichy-held Gabon, consolidating Free French authority in central Africa.
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D.
Battle of Majuba Hill
The Battle of Majuba Hill was a decisive 1881 engagement in which Boer forces inflicted a crushing defeat on the British, effectively ending the First Boer War and leading to restored self-government for the Transvaal.
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E.
Battle of Hlobane
The Battle of Hlobane was a 1879 engagement during the Anglo-Zulu War in which Zulu forces inflicted a significant defeat on a British-led mounted column amid rugged mountainous terrain in Zululand.
- 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: Battle of Cuito Cuanavale Triple: [South African Border War, significantEvent, Battle of Cuito Cuanavale]
Generated description
The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale was a major late-1980s confrontation in Angola between South African and allied forces and Angolan and Cuban troops, widely regarded as a turning point in the South African Border War and in the regional struggle against apartheid.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Cuito Cuanavale Target entity description: The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale was a major late-1980s confrontation in Angola between South African and allied forces and Angolan and Cuban troops, widely regarded as a turning point in the South African Border War and in the regional struggle against apartheid.
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A.
South African Border War
The South African Border War was a protracted Cold War–era conflict (c. 1966–1989) in Namibia and Angola involving South Africa, liberation movements, and foreign allies such as Cuba, centered on decolonization, apartheid, and regional power struggles in southern Africa.
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B.
Battle of Ulundi
The Battle of Ulundi was the decisive 1879 engagement in which British forces defeated the Zulu army, effectively ending the Anglo-Zulu War and leading to the collapse of the Zulu Kingdom’s independence.
-
C.
Battle of Gabon
The Battle of Gabon was a 1940 World War II campaign in French Equatorial Africa in which Free French and Allied forces seized control of Vichy-held Gabon, consolidating Free French authority in central Africa.
-
D.
Battle of Majuba Hill
The Battle of Majuba Hill was a decisive 1881 engagement in which Boer forces inflicted a crushing defeat on the British, effectively ending the First Boer War and leading to restored self-government for the Transvaal.
-
E.
Battle of Hlobane
The Battle of Hlobane was a 1879 engagement during the Anglo-Zulu War in which Zulu forces inflicted a significant defeat on a British-led mounted column amid rugged mountainous terrain in Zululand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69ca84dc04488190b9c91193976c0960 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cda627cc2c81909ccc2e26751f5e85 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 11:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1c445c81481908700ffde5dd28936 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 2:09 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1c4c37e248190a1b10cf6d0056c02 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1c56957f8819080eca0a71c24f86a |
completed | April 5, 2026, 2:14 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:28 p.m.