Triple

T9798277
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject South African Border War E237770 entity
Predicate significantEvent P259 FINISHED
Object Cassinga raid
The Cassinga raid was a controversial 1978 South African airborne attack on a SWAPO camp in southern Angola, notable for its high civilian casualties and its impact on the course and international perception of the South African Border War.
E821154 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: Cassinga raid | Statement: [South African Border War, significantEvent, Cassinga raid]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cassinga raid
Context triple: [South African Border War, significantEvent, Cassinga raid]
  • A. Niemba ambush
    The Niemba ambush was a 1960 attack in the Congo in which Irish UN peacekeepers were killed by Baluba tribesmen, marking one of the earliest and deadliest incidents for United Nations forces during the Congo Crisis.
  • B. Shangani Patrol incident
    The Shangani Patrol incident was a famous 1893 battle in which a small British South Africa Company patrol was annihilated while pursuing King Lobengula during the First Matabele War in present-day Zimbabwe.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Battle of Mogadishu
    The Battle of Mogadishu was a 1993 urban combat engagement in Somalia between U.S.-led forces and Somali militiamen that resulted in heavy casualties and became one of the most infamous incidents of American military intervention in the post–Cold War era.
  • E. Sharpeville massacre
    The Sharpeville massacre was a 1960 incident in South Africa in which police opened fire on a peaceful anti–pass laws protest, killing 69 people and marking a turning point in the struggle against apartheid.
  • 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: Cassinga raid
Triple: [South African Border War, significantEvent, Cassinga raid]
Generated description
The Cassinga raid was a controversial 1978 South African airborne attack on a SWAPO camp in southern Angola, notable for its high civilian casualties and its impact on the course and international perception of the South African Border War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cassinga raid
Target entity description: The Cassinga raid was a controversial 1978 South African airborne attack on a SWAPO camp in southern Angola, notable for its high civilian casualties and its impact on the course and international perception of the South African Border War.
  • A. Niemba ambush
    The Niemba ambush was a 1960 attack in the Congo in which Irish UN peacekeepers were killed by Baluba tribesmen, marking one of the earliest and deadliest incidents for United Nations forces during the Congo Crisis.
  • B. Shangani Patrol incident
    The Shangani Patrol incident was a famous 1893 battle in which a small British South Africa Company patrol was annihilated while pursuing King Lobengula during the First Matabele War in present-day Zimbabwe.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Battle of Mogadishu
    The Battle of Mogadishu was a 1993 urban combat engagement in Somalia between U.S.-led forces and Somali militiamen that resulted in heavy casualties and became one of the most infamous incidents of American military intervention in the post–Cold War era.
  • E. Sharpeville massacre
    The Sharpeville massacre was a 1960 incident in South Africa in which police opened fire on a peaceful anti–pass laws protest, killing 69 people and marking a turning point in the struggle against apartheid.
  • 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.