Triple
T9122691
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zulu Army |
E218892
|
entity |
| Predicate | serviceTo |
P4690
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Zulu king |
E125170
|
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: Zulu king | Statement: [Zulu Army, serviceTo, Zulu king]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zulu king Context triple: [Zulu Army, serviceTo, Zulu king]
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A.
King Shaka Zulu
chosen
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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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.
Lobengula
Lobengula was the second and last king of the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom in what is now Zimbabwe, known for his resistance to British colonial encroachment in the late 19th century.
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D.
Shaka rulers
The Shaka rulers were ancient Indo-Scythian dynasties that established powerful kingdoms in northwestern and western India, known for their conflicts with contemporary Indian empires and their lasting cultural and political influence.
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E.
Shaka era
The Shaka era is a historical Indian calendar era that begins in 78 CE and is widely used for dating in traditional Hindu and official Indian calendars.
- 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_69d0544f7be481908f247889363c0f32 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 11:59 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:17 p.m.