Triple
T9122594
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu |
E218890
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | King of the Zulu nation |
E460881
|
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: King of the Zulu nation | Statement: [Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, positionHeld, King of the Zulu nation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: King of the Zulu nation Context triple: [Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, positionHeld, King of the Zulu nation]
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A.
Zulu nation
chosen
The Zulu nation is a prominent Nguni ethnic group of South Africa, historically known for its powerful 19th-century kingdom under King Shaka and its enduring cultural and linguistic influence.
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B.
King of the AbaThembu
The King of the AbaThembu is the hereditary monarch and highest traditional authority of the Thembu people, a Xhosa-speaking ethnic group in South Africa.
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C.
King Shaka Zulu
King Shaka Zulu was the early 19th-century Zulu king and military innovator who forged the Zulu Kingdom into a powerful regional force in southern Africa.
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D.
Zulu royal family
The Zulu royal family is the hereditary ruling dynasty of the Zulu people of South Africa, historically led by powerful kings such as Shaka and central to Zulu cultural and political identity.
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E.
King of the Xhosa
The King of the Xhosa is the paramount traditional monarch and symbolic leader of the Xhosa people of South Africa.
- 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_69d0308ff628819083f02bf71eb40c5b |
completed | April 3, 2026, 9:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:17 p.m.