Triple
T9122218
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nguni people |
E218880
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalKingdom |
P20193
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ndebele Kingdom |
E283750
|
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: Ndebele Kingdom | Statement: [Nguni people, historicalKingdom, Ndebele Kingdom]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ndebele Kingdom Context triple: [Nguni people, historicalKingdom, Ndebele Kingdom]
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A.
Zulu Kingdom
The Zulu Kingdom was a powerful 19th-century southern African monarchy known for its centralized military system, expansion under King Shaka, and major conflicts with British colonial powers.
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B.
Kalahari Kingdom
Kalahari Kingdom is an African-themed zoo exhibit at Franklin Park Zoo that showcases animals and habitats inspired by the Kalahari Desert region.
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C.
Mutapa Kingdom
The Mutapa Kingdom was a powerful Shona state in south-central Africa, renowned for its control of regional gold trade and its political dominance following the decline of Great Zimbabwe.
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D.
Kingdom of Matabele
chosen
The Kingdom of Matabele was a 19th-century southern African state founded by King Mzilikazi and dominated by the Ndebele people, centered in what is now southwestern Zimbabwe.
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E.
Kingdom of Mapungubwe
The Kingdom of Mapungubwe was a precolonial southern African state (c. 11th–13th century) known for its advanced society, extensive trade networks, and sophisticated gold-working centered near the Limpopo and Shashe rivers.
- 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_69ca83dddd548190983b96c664f7f367 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cca8b46dac8190bde88205c85f596a |
completed | April 1, 2026, 5:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d047c55a988190bf2dd63a0d0a2743 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 11:05 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:17 p.m.