Triple

T16564056
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chobe River E402410 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Botswana–Namibia border
The Botswana–Namibia border is an international boundary in Southern Africa that largely follows natural features such as the Chobe River, separating Botswana from Namibia’s Caprivi Strip and other northern regions.
E1220593 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: Botswana–Namibia border | Statement: [Chobe River, partOf, Botswana–Namibia border]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Botswana–Namibia border
Context triple: [Chobe River, partOf, Botswana–Namibia border]
  • A. South Africa–Namibia border
    The South Africa–Namibia border is an international boundary in southern Africa that largely follows the course of the Orange River, separating Namibia to the north from South Africa to the south.
  • B. South Africa–Botswana border
    The South Africa–Botswana border is an international boundary in Southern Africa separating South Africa from Botswana, running largely through sparsely populated savannah and desert regions.
  • C. Zimbabwe–Botswana border
    The Zimbabwe–Botswana border is the international boundary separating Zimbabwe and Botswana in southern Africa, marked by several road and rail crossings and running near key towns such as Plumtree and Francistown.
  • D. Zimbabwe–Namibia border
    The Zimbabwe–Namibia border is a short, disputed boundary in southern Africa located near the confluence of the Zambezi and Chobe rivers, where the territories of Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, and Zambia closely converge.
  • E. Namibia–Angola border
    The Namibia–Angola border is the international boundary separating Namibia and Angola in southwestern Africa, marked by several official crossings and shaped largely by colonial-era agreements.
  • 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: Botswana–Namibia border
Triple: [Chobe River, partOf, Botswana–Namibia border]
Generated description
The Botswana–Namibia border is an international boundary in Southern Africa that largely follows natural features such as the Chobe River, separating Botswana from Namibia’s Caprivi Strip and other northern regions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Botswana–Namibia border
Target entity description: The Botswana–Namibia border is an international boundary in Southern Africa that largely follows natural features such as the Chobe River, separating Botswana from Namibia’s Caprivi Strip and other northern regions.
  • A. South Africa–Namibia border
    The South Africa–Namibia border is an international boundary in southern Africa that largely follows the course of the Orange River, separating Namibia to the north from South Africa to the south.
  • B. South Africa–Botswana border
    The South Africa–Botswana border is an international boundary in Southern Africa separating South Africa from Botswana, running largely through sparsely populated savannah and desert regions.
  • C. Zimbabwe–Botswana border
    The Zimbabwe–Botswana border is the international boundary separating Zimbabwe and Botswana in southern Africa, marked by several road and rail crossings and running near key towns such as Plumtree and Francistown.
  • D. Zimbabwe–Namibia border
    The Zimbabwe–Namibia border is a short, disputed boundary in southern Africa located near the confluence of the Zambezi and Chobe rivers, where the territories of Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, and Zambia closely converge.
  • E. Namibia–Angola border
    The Namibia–Angola border is the international boundary separating Namibia and Angola in southwestern Africa, marked by several official crossings and shaped largely by colonial-era agreements.
  • 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_69d8838648088190acf97ef11fc3f61b completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3577043048190bc9bcf55069b769f completed April 18, 2026, 10:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a006edfe7f08190857fc6f66f3be9a0 completed May 10, 2026, 11:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a006f5fdea0819093ee1b522438cdc1 completed May 10, 2026, 11:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a006fd9da688190abde982bbee5ba73 completed May 10, 2026, 11:45 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:15 a.m.