Triple

T23122156
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Kambula E576923 entity
Predicate location P40 FINISHED
Object Kambula
Kambula is a site in present-day South Africa known primarily as the location of a decisive British victory over Zulu forces during the Anglo-Zulu War.
E1578592 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: Kambula | Statement: [Battle of Kambula, location, Kambula]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kambula
Context triple: [Battle of Kambula, location, Kambula]
  • A. Matadi
    Matadi is a major port city in western Democratic Republic of the Congo, serving as the country’s principal seaport and a key gateway for trade between the Atlantic Ocean and the interior via the Congo River.
  • B. Masvingo
    Masvingo is one of Zimbabwe’s oldest urban centers, located in the country’s southeastern region near the Great Zimbabwe ruins.
  • C. Nsanje
    Nsanje is a town in southern Malawi near the border with Mozambique, known as a key transport and trading center in the Lower Shire Valley.
  • D. Kinshasa
    Kinshasa is the largest city and political, economic, and cultural center of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located along the Congo River in Central Africa.
  • E. Chitungwiza
    Chitungwiza is a large high-density dormitory town in Zimbabwe situated just south of Harare, known for its rapid urban growth and vibrant informal economy.
  • 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: Kambula
Triple: [Battle of Kambula, location, Kambula]
Generated description
Kambula is a site in present-day South Africa known primarily as the location of a decisive British victory over Zulu forces during the Anglo-Zulu War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kambula
Target entity description: Kambula is a site in present-day South Africa known primarily as the location of a decisive British victory over Zulu forces during the Anglo-Zulu War.
  • A. Matadi
    Matadi is a major port city in western Democratic Republic of the Congo, serving as the country’s principal seaport and a key gateway for trade between the Atlantic Ocean and the interior via the Congo River.
  • B. Masvingo
    Masvingo is one of Zimbabwe’s oldest urban centers, located in the country’s southeastern region near the Great Zimbabwe ruins.
  • C. Nsanje
    Nsanje is a town in southern Malawi near the border with Mozambique, known as a key transport and trading center in the Lower Shire Valley.
  • D. Kinshasa
    Kinshasa is the largest city and political, economic, and cultural center of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located along the Congo River in Central Africa.
  • E. Chitungwiza
    Chitungwiza is a large high-density dormitory town in Zimbabwe situated just south of Harare, known for its rapid urban growth and vibrant informal economy.
  • 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_69e245f6c2e881909a228fdcfeb7c7d3 completed April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f18e50c500819095d59aef44388153 completed April 29, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c3f396418819092176a12413710dd completed May 19, 2026, 10:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c43740a7c81909e9af7a9974a5700 completed May 19, 2026, 11:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c44d05c748190a5f4ab5f76dfcaab completed May 19, 2026, 11:09 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:59 p.m.