Triple
T9904156
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Graaff-Reinet |
E182362
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Cape Colony government |
E2100
|
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: Cape Colony government | Statement: [Graaff-Reinet, foundedBy, Cape Colony government]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cape Colony government Context triple: [Graaff-Reinet, foundedBy, Cape Colony government]
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A.
Transvaal Colony government
The Transvaal Colony government was the British colonial administration that governed the former South African Republic after the Second Boer War, prior to its incorporation into the Union of South Africa.
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B.
Cape Colony
chosen
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.
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C.
Colony of Natal
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.
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D.
Dutch colonial government
The Dutch colonial government was the administrative authority of the Netherlands in its overseas territories, most notably the Dutch East Indies, where it imposed exploitative economic and political systems on colonized populations.
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E.
Colonial Office
The Colonial Office was the British government department responsible for administering and overseeing the governance of the British Empire’s colonies and territories.
- 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_69ca82876f8081909cf75df0f99bb13f |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdb4e4f92c81908e38509416f19c78 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:14 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1eb2c1d5c8190b6f1c43254487893 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 4:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:40 p.m.