Triple
T9122771
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mavumengwana kaNdlela Ntuli |
E218895
|
entity |
| Predicate | militaryBranch |
P253
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Zulu army |
E218892
|
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 army | Statement: [Mavumengwana kaNdlela Ntuli, militaryBranch, Zulu army]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zulu army Context triple: [Mavumengwana kaNdlela Ntuli, militaryBranch, Zulu army]
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A.
Zulu Army
chosen
The Zulu Army was the highly disciplined and formidable military force of the Zulu Kingdom in southern Africa, renowned for its tactical innovations and major victories during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
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B.
Boer forces
Boer forces were the predominantly mounted, guerrilla-style republican commandos of the South African Boers that fought against the British Empire during the Anglo-Boer Wars.
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C.
King's African Rifles
The King's African Rifles was a multi-battalion British colonial regiment recruited from East and Central Africa that served prominently in both World Wars and various regional campaigns.
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D.
South African Army
The South African Army is the land warfare branch of South Africa’s military, known for its role in regional African conflicts and peacekeeping operations.
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E.
Umkhonto we Sizwe
Umkhonto we Sizwe was the armed wing of the African National Congress that led sabotage and guerrilla campaigns against South Africa’s apartheid regime.
- 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.